地道英语口语500句 迷你对话学地道口语第400期:唯一致命的弱点

迷你对话学地道口语第400期:唯一致命的弱点  

特别声明,该文章中的迷你对话选自口语书籍，对话精讲为可可编辑编写。,迷你对话,A: Smith is always careless, it is his Achilles’s heel.,史密斯总是太粗心了，这是他性格上致命的弱点。,B:He would get very angry if anyone criticized him.,如果你批评他这点，他就会生气。,A:He will burn his fingers.,他会吃苦头的。,B: If only he knew it.,要是他知道她这点就好了。,对话精讲,第一、地道表达,【核心短语】Achille’s heel：唯一致命的要点,【典型范例1】He would be an excellent candidate for the position. He has energy and knowledge. But he has got an Achilles heel——his Bad temper.,他本来可以成为这个职位的理想人选，他精力充沛，知识丰富。但他有一个致命的弱点——脾气很坏。,【典型范例2】Milutinovic did not take long to identify his team's Achilles heel.,米卢蒂诺维奇没花多长时问就诊断出了中国队的致命弱点。,第二、词海拾贝,burn one’s fingers：碰钉子 ; 吃亏上当 ; 因管闲事而吃苦头,【典型范例1】Gain got by a lie will burn his fingers.,靠欺骗得来的利益会使我自己受害。,【典型范例2】He burnt his fingers, dabbling in the stock-market.,他在证券市场胡乱买卖而大吃苦头。,【典型范例3】Mind your own business, or you'll burn your fingers.,少管闲事,要不你会吃苦头的。,【典型范例4】If you invest in that pany, you'll burn your fingers.,如果你投资给那家公司，无异是自寻烦恼。