英语口语练习小对话 第144期:惹某人恼怒生气

英语口语练习小对话 第144期:惹某人恼怒生气  

迷你对话：,A:It seems that something is praying heavy on ’s the matter?,A:你看上去心事重重，怎么回事？,B:Igot my father’s goatlast night.,B:做完我惹我父亲生气了。,A:What did you do to get his goat?,A:你做了什么惹你父亲生气了？,B:When I asked him to treat me like he does to my sisters, he jumped down my throat. So I took it out on him by telling him what I thought.,B:当我要求像对待我姐姐那样对待我时，他对我连连训斥，所以我就发泄了一通，把心里的想法告诉了他。,地道表达：,get someone’s goat,解词释义：,这个习语源于英国赛马比赛。从前在赛马比赛中有个习俗，即把一头山羊和要参加比赛的马关在一起。据说山羊和马为伴，能是暴躁的马平静下来。如果大赛前夕把山羊拖走，马屁就会心神不宁。这样，第二天的比赛就大打折扣。这种卑劣的手法就使人十分恼火，因此就用这个习语来比喻“使人恼怒，使人生气”。,支持范例：,reallygot Mr. Brown's goahen he had to wait o hours to get his plane tickets.,不得不等上两个小时才拿到飞机票实在是让布朗先生生气。,students did their best toget the teacher's goat.,学生们想方设法惹这位老师发火。,has a quick little things willget her goat.,她脾气不好，这么点小事就能惹她发火。,词海拾贝：,1.jumped down one’s throat：突然对某人动怒；严厉斥责，愤怒指责,teacherjumped down Billy's throahen Billy said he did not do his homework.,当比利说自己没有做家庭作业时，老师对比利进行了严厉批评。,mped down my throatat the mention of his wife.,一提他妻子他就暴跳如雷。,is a tartar, each time I met him he wouldjump down my throat.,他是个刺头，我每次遇到他，他都那么火气十足。,2.take out on somebody：对......发泄，把情绪发泄在某人或某物，迁怒于......,it off your chest if you feel you've been wronged. Don'ttake it out onothers.,你有委屈就说出来, 不该拿别人出气。,Eg.I know you've had a bad day but here's no need totake it out onme!,我知道你不痛快，可是也用不着拿我撒气呀！,'s not my fault that you've had a bad day, don'ttake it out onme.,你这一天过得不愉快不是我的错，别拿我出气。,have the kids done to provoke you? Why should youtake it out onthem?,孩子们没招你惹你的，你干吗拿他们当出气筒？