凯瑟琳升职记:表达不满之你应该向他表示你的不满

【情景再现】

Jenny最近心情很不好，因为上级总是动不动就冲她发火，Catherine知道后就对她说：You should give him a piece of your mind¹.

You should give him a piece of your mind. 你应该向他表示你的不满。

a piece of指“一片儿，一小块儿”；而give sb. a piece of one's mind是习语，意为“坦诚相告（尤指不满对方行为）”，例如： I'll give him a piece of my mind for telling such² a lie³. 

我要责骂他撒这种谎。 

【英语情景剧】

Jenny: I'm fed up! The manager⁴ always take it out on me just because he got⁵ a divorce⁶ recently⁷.

珍妮：我受够了！经理总是冲我撒气，仅仅因为他最近离婚了。

Catherine: Well, I think you should give him a piece of your mind.

凯瑟琳：哦，我觉得你应该向她表示你的不满。

1 mind   

n.思想，主意，心意；v.介意，照顾，留心

参考例句：

• I've changed my mind.我一经转变主意。
• You really don't mind?你真的不介意？

2 such   

adj.如此的，这样的；pron.这样的；adv.如此地

参考例句：

• He is such a man.他是这样一个人。
• He spent all his money,he is such a fool.他这样傻，花光了所有的钱。

3 lie   

n.谎话；谎言；vi.躺；平放；展现；展开；位于；vt.说谎；躺

参考例句：

• We are looking for a place to lie.我们在找躺的地方。
• What did I lie about?我撒了什么谎？

4 manager   

n.经理；负责人

参考例句：

• The manager believes in him.经理信任他。
• In our company the manager has the last word.在我们公司经理有最后决定权。

5 got   

v.(get的过去式)得到，猜到，明白

参考例句：

• I just got some bad news.我刚得到一些坏消息。
• I have got far too much work to do.我要做的事太多了。

6 divorce   

n.离婚；分离；vi.离婚；vt.离婚；脱离

参考例句：

• Did he divorce his wife or did she divorce him?是他要和妻子离婚，还是妻子要和他离婚？
• None of us like the divorce of word and deed.我们都不喜欢言行不一。

7 recently   

adv.近来，最近

参考例句：

• The book was published as recently as last week.这本书上周刚出版。
• The weather has been very snowy recently.近来天气多雪。