英语博客：ESL Podcast 724 – Being Impolite in Conversation

　　Angela: Ugh! I hate talking to Rebecca. Every time I ask her a question, she ignores me or sneers¹ at me.
Ronny: Are you sure it’s not your imagination? She’s perfectly² 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.
Script³ by Dr. Lucy Tse

1 sneers   

讥笑的表情（言语）( sneer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• You should ignore their sneers at your efforts. 他们对你的努力所作的讥笑你不要去理会。
• I felt that every woman here sneers at me. 我感到这里的每一个女人都在嘲笑我。

2 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

3 script   

n.剧本，广播稿；文字体系；笔迹，手迹

参考例句：

• It's easy to identify his script.他的笔迹容易辨认。
• The script is massaged into final form.这篇稿子经过修改已定稿。