迷你对话学地道口语第1866期:找......的茬子
日期:2019-09-16 12:27

(单词翻译:单击)

第一,迷你对话

A: What shall I do? They just killed me there.

我该怎么办呢?他们使我恼火透了。

B: What's the matter?

怎么了?

A: They tried to find fault with everything I did and wanted to kick me out of the team.

无论我做什么他们都要找茬子,他们想把我撵出队去。

B: Don't lose heart, and you'll find a way.

别灰心,你会想出办法的。

第二,词海拾贝

find fault with

exp. To find a problem or issue with someone or something; to judge someone or something harshly. (找茬子,严厉地评价某人或某事)

e.g. Kristen will be single forever if she keeps finding fault with every man she dates.

如果克里斯汀对她约会的每一个男人都吹毛求疵,她将永远是单身。

e.g. The boss said my report was perfect. He couldn't find fault with anything.

老板说我的报告很完美,他挑不出毛病。

e.g. We criticized you because we wanted to help you, not in order to find fault with you.

我们批评你是为了帮助你, 绝不是跟你过不去。

e.g. There was not a single thing about her that one could find fault with.

在她身上找不出一点让人家说长道短的地方。

第三,语汇积累

1. kick someone out of:把某人踢出......

e.g. They kicked him out of the club for fighting.

他因为斗殴被开除俱乐部。

e.g. He was kicked out of school for bad behavior.

他因不良行为而被赶出学校

2. lose heart:灰心,气馁

e.g. Although he ran up against many difficulties, he did not lose heart.

虽然他碰到了许多困难,但他并不气馁。

e.g. Don' t lose heart at any failure, but try again.

失败时不要灰心,要再接再厉。

3. find a way:找出解决的办法

e.g. I want to find a way to keep my head above water.

我想找到一个不欠帐的办法。

e.g. They tried hard to find a way of getting out from under.

他们极力想办法想出一个解除困境的办法。

e.g. I'm racking my brains to find a way to keep head above water.

我绞尽脑汁想法不欠债。

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重点单词
  • issuen. 发行物,期刊号,争论点 vi. & vt 发行,流
  • harshlyadv. 严厉地;刺耳地;粗糙地
  • faultn. 缺点,过失,故障,毛病,过错,[地]断层 vt.