迷你对话学地道口语第923期:大发雷霆

 　　第一，迷你对话

　　A: What a terrible man he is!

　　他这个人真过分！

　　B: What had happened?

　　怎么了？

　　A: I’m just surprised when he flew off the handle and told me if I mention anything about mother he skin me alive.

　　使我吃惊的是，他怒不可揭地说我如果再提到关于母亲的任何事情，他就要剥了我的皮。

　　B: Please forgive him, you know he was shocked by the truth that mother has gone away without us.

　　请原谅他，你知道母亲丢掉我们就走了，对他触动很大。

　　A: OK, but we all have a broken heart, not just himself alone.

　　好吧，可是我们都很伤心，又不是他一个人。

　　第二，地道表达

　　fly off the handle

　　1.解词释义

　　Fly off the handle的意思为“失去控制”“大发雷霆”。

　　2.拓展例句

　　e.g. Honey, please don't fly off the handle. I had a little accident with the car, but it certainly wasn't my fault.

　　亲爱的,你可别发火，我是出了一点小车祸，但是那绝不是我的错。

　　e.g. Just listen to what I have to say; there is no need to fly off the handle in that way.

　　先听听我要说的话，何必有那么大的脾气。

　　e.g. I just flew off the handle when I found out what he'd done.

　　当我知道他做的好事时，我气疯了。

　　e.g. My wife spent all afternoon yesterday cooking a special dinner for our wedding anniversary¹. So she really flew off the handle when I came home three hours late.

　　为了庆祝我们结婚周年,我太太化了整个下午精心烹调。可是,我昨晚晚了三个小时才回家。她可真火了。

　　第三，咬文嚼字

　　skin alive：活剥皮，大声斥责

　　e.g. Her husband will skin her alive if she comes home late.

　　如果她回来晚了,她丈夫就会狠狠地骂她。

　　e.g. He'll skin you alive for being late for five minutes.

　　如果你迟到5分钟,他就会严厉申斥你。

　　be shocked by...：因.......而受到惊吓

　　e.g. The people in the room were shocked by his blasphemous² language.

　　满屋的人都对他那侮慢的语言感到愤慨。

　　e.g. All right-minded people will be surely³ shocked by this outrage⁴.

　　凡是有正义感的人都一定会对这种暴行感到震惊。

　　go away：离开，抛弃

　　e.g. I went away feeling quite satisfied⁵ with the whole matter because I had acted honorably.

　　我离开时对整个事情感到颇为满意，因为我的行为诚实无欺。

　　e.g. He went away without taking leave.

　　他不辞而别。

　　have a broken heart：伤心

　　e.g. I had a broken heart many times when I was younger but now I'm stronger.

　　年轻时我心碎过许多次，但现在我坚强多了。

　　e.g. She had a broken heart and went away.

　　她伤心欲绝，然后离开了。

 

1 anniversary   

n.周年(纪念日)

参考例句：

• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。
• Today is my parents'30th wedding anniversary.今天是我父母结婚30周年纪念日。

2 blasphemous   

adj.亵渎神明的，不敬神的

参考例句：

• The book was declared blasphemous and all copies ordered to be burnt.这本书被断定为亵渎神明之作，命令全数焚毀。
• The people in the room were shocked by his blasphemous language.满屋的人都对他那侮慢的语言感到愤慨。

3 surely   

adv.确实地，无疑地；必定地，一定地

参考例句：

• It'should surely be possible for them to reach an agreement.想必他们可以达成协议。
• Surely we'll profit from your work.我们肯定会从你的工作中得到益处。

4 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

5 satisfied   

adj.满意的，满足的；清偿过的；确信的，毫无疑问的v.使满意( satisfy的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• She's never satisfied with what she's got. 她对自己的所得从不感到满足。
• He had a self-satisfied smirk on his face. 他脸上挂着得意扬扬的笑容。