英语博客:ESL Podcast 724 – Being Impolite in Conversation(在线收听

  Angela: Ugh! I hate talking to Rebecca. Every time I ask her a question, she ignores me or sneers at me.
  Ronny: Are you sure it’s not your imagination? She’s perfectly nice to me.
  Angela: It’s not my imagination. When I try to tell her something, she cuts me off. When I try to explain something to her, she’s short with me or talks over me. I always get the feeling that she’s looking down her nose at me.
  Ronny: Maybe she feels threatened by you.
  Angela: How so?
  Ronny: You’re younger, smarter, and better educated. She might feel like you’re after her job.
  Angela: But I’m not! I just started here and I don’t have any designs on replacing her.
  Ronny: And you’re prettier than she is.
  Angela: What does that have to do with anything, even if it were true?
  Ronny: Well, she’s had a thing for me for a while and…
  Angela: And she thinks I’m her competition. No wonder she’s so standoffish with me. I’ll just make it clear that I won’t stand in her way.
  Ronny: You won’t?
  Angela: Huh?
  Ronny: Never mind.
  Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

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