迷你对话学地道口语第944期:冷落,蔑视

第一， 迷你对话

A: I broke with Jim.

我和吉姆决裂了。

B: How come? He seemed to be head over heels in love with you. And you told me that he was a good guy.

怎么会呢？他好像深爱着你，你也告诉我他是个好男孩。

A: He was a good guy by the time we met. But soon we were at loggerheads.

我们刚认识的时候还可以，可是不久我们就有分歧了。

B: So you give him a cold shoulder now?

所以你现在把他踹了？

A: He gives me a cold shoulder. He still remembers what I said.

是他不要我的，他一直记着我说的话。

第二， 地道表达

give somebody a cold shoulder

1. 解词释义

Give sb. a cold shoulder的意思是“轻视，冷淡某人”的意思。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. The company gave her a cold shoulder by lightening his workload considerably.

公司大大减轻她的工作量，让她坐冷板凳。

e.g. When Wang Ping asked Zhang Ying for a date, she gave him the cold shoulder.

王平请张英跟他定约会时, 她爱搭不理。

e.g. She walked into the room with a big smile, but everyone gave her a cold shoulder.

她满脸笑容地走进房间，但每个人都冷淡对待她。

第三， 咬文嚼字

break with sb. ：与某人分手

e.g. She's been depressed since the break with her boy-friend.

她自从与男朋友断绝关系以来一直情绪消沉。

e.g. She did not have the will to break with him.

她不想和他分道扬镳。

be head over heels in love with：与某人热恋

e.g. I fell head over heels in love with her the moment I saw her．

我第一眼就不顾一切地爱上了她。

e.g. I hear Xiao Li is head over heels in love with an old man who is 30years older than her.

听说小丽爱上一个比她大三十岁的老头子。

at loggerheads：对立，冲突

e.g. His father's will has set him at loggerheads with his brother.

他父亲的遗嘱导致了他与弟弟争执起来。

e.g. Mrs. Smith enjoys setting people at loggerheads.

史密斯太太喜欢挑拨离间。