可可Radio第2155期:好习惯-不要小题大做(2)
日期:2018-12-09 19:24

(单词翻译:单击)

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助你迅速提高生活质量的好习惯

habits you should set aside right away to free yourself from the many problems each one will be causing you.

能够帮助你摆脱这些自己造成的麻烦又没必要的烦恼的习惯

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Don't dramatize.

不要小题大做。

Lots of people inflate small setbacks into life-threatening catastrophes and react accordingly.

大部分人将小挫折膨胀为一生具有威胁性的事故并做出相应的反应。

This habit makes mountains out of molehills and gives people anxieties that either don't exist or are so insignificant they aren't worth worrying about anyway.

小题大做的习惯让人们感到忧虑,不是因为不存在的事物就是因为不值得一提的小事。

Why do they do it? Who knows? Maybe to make themselves feel and seem more important.

为什么人们要这样?也许为了这让他们感觉或看起来更重要一些。

Whatever the reason, it's silly as well as destructive.

不管理由是什么,小题大做是愚蠢且具有破坏性的。


【知识点讲解】

dramatize vt.改编成剧本; 把…戏剧化;

例句:

They have a tendency to show off, to dramatize almost every situation.

他们爱炫耀,几乎对每种情况都添油加醋。

Don't worry too much about what she said—she tends to dramatize things.

别太在意她说的话—她往往言过其实。

The film attempts neither to dramatize nor sermonize.

这部电影既不企图使用戏剧化的手法也不企图进行说教.


insignificant adj.不重要的; 微小的; 毫无意义的; 不足道

例句:

The Chief Inspector disliked being overburdened with insignificant detail.

总督察讨厌在细枝末节上没完没了地纠缠。

In 1949 Bonn was a small, insignificant city.

1949年时波恩还是个无足轻重的小城市。

The levels of chemicals in the river are not insignificant.

河水中的化学物质含量不容忽视。


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重点单词
  • insignificantadj. 无关紧要的,可忽略的,不重要的,无用的
  • tendencyn. 趋势,倾向
  • inflatev. 使膨胀,使得意,使通货膨胀 [计算机] 使膨胀
  • reactvt. 作出反应 vi. 起反应,起作用,反攻
  • destructiveadj. 破坏性的,有害的
  • dramatizevt. 把(小说等)改编成戏剧,渲染 vi. 戏剧化