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 A:    Ok... I’ll talk to you later. Bye

 B:    Carrie, are you ok? You seem a bit down.

 A:     I just got off the phone with my boyfriend. He is
       always  getting  upset  and  losing  his  temper  over
        nothing. It’s so hard to talk to him at times.

 B:     Maybe it’s just that he is stressed out from work or
       something. He does have a pretty nerve¹ wracking
       job you know.

 A:    Yeah but, he is always in a really foul² mood. I
       try to find out what’s bothering him or get him to
       talk about his day but, he always shuts down and
        brushes me off.
 B:     Men are like that you know. They can feel ner-
       vous, anxious or on edge and the only way they
       can express it is by trying to hide it through ag-
       gressiveness.

 A:     I guess you are right.  What do you think I should
       do? He wasn’t always this grouchy³ you know...

 B:    Talk to him, try to cheer him up when he is down
       and if that doesn’t work, I say get rid of him and
       get a new one!

 A:    You are something else you know that?
 

1 nerve   

n.神经；勇气，胆量，沉着，果断

参考例句：

• Did he have the nerve to say that?他竟有脸说这话吗？
• He never got up enough nerve to meet me.他从没有足够的胆量来见我。

2 foul   

adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规

参考例句：

• Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
• What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！

3 grouchy   

adj.好抱怨的；愠怒的

参考例句：

• Grouchy people are always complaining for no reason.满腹牢骚的人总是毫无理由地抱怨。
• Sometimes she is grouchy, but all in all she is an excellent teacher.有时候她的脾气很坏，但总的来说她还是一位好老师。