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欢迎来到《英语一分钟》栏目！
Have you had to take bad-tasting medicine？
你以前吃过难吃的药吗？
The bad taste makes it hard to swallow.
苦味常常令我们难以下咽。
But does this expression really have to do with medicine？
但是这个表达真的与药有关吗？

Catherine trained the new guy, Eric, to be her assistant.
凯瑟琳指导新人艾瑞克，让其成为她的助手。
That's right. She taught him everything he needs to know about her department.
就是这样。她教给他需要知道的一切有关部门内的事务。
And when it came time for a promotion, Eric got a job instead of Catherine？
当一次晋升机会来临时，获得晋升的居然是艾瑞克而不是凯瑟琳？
Man, that's a bitter pill to swallow.
这就是难以吞咽的苦果。
The bitter pill, in this idiom, is an unpleasant fact that is difficult to accept or as the saying goes, swallow.
苦药，在这个习语中，是指一个令人不愉快的事实，难以接受或如同谚语说的那样，难以下咽。
In this example, Catherine is the one who must swallow a bitter pill.
在这个例子中，凯瑟琳就是这个必须吞下苦果的人。
She has to accept that she did not get a promotion at work.
她也必须接受自己没有获得晋升机会的这个事实。
And that's English in a Minute!
以上就是本期的《一分钟英语》。