英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)小故事

My wife gave me a piece of her mind again.

我老婆又臭罵了我一通。

【Andrew’s Note】

If your wife gives you a piece of her mind, you should give her a taste of the back of your hand. No, of course I’m joking. Wife beating cannot be condoned under any circumstances. Only a lousy two-bit punk would ever hit a woman.

如果妻子把你臭罵一通，你就該讓她嘗嘗你的手背的滋味。不，當(dāng)然是開(kāi)玩笑。打妻子在任何情況下都是不能寬恕的。只有討厭的二半調(diào)子才(小阿飛)會(huì)打女人。

[1] This morning Marston seemed to be a little angry at something, furrowing his brow, so I didn’t want to bug him with further discussion of American idioms and slang. I was afraid of adding fuel to the fire and offending him further.

[2] All of a sudden, he uttered in anguish, “My wife gave me a piece of her mind last night. She accuses me of indifference towards her. And moreover, she threatens to get divorced if I don’t take it into serious consideration.”

[3] Hearing that, I replied with a joke, “Women are spoiled all over the world by men who put women on a pedestal. Your wife is no different. And of course she hopes to be doted upon8. Perhaps there is something to be desired in your attitude towards her, or she wouldn’t fly off the handle. What you have to do is go on spoiling her. No care, no love.”

【參考譯文】

[1] 今天早上馬斯頓哭喪著臉，好像為啥事兒生氣，所以，我不想打擾他繼續(xù)討論美國(guó)習(xí)語(yǔ)和俚語(yǔ)。我恐怕火上澆油，惹他更不高興。

[2] 突然間，他極度痛苦地說(shuō)：“我妻子昨晚上對(duì)我橫加指責(zé)，說(shuō)我對(duì)她冷淡。 而且，她還威脅說(shuō)如果我不把這事當(dāng)真，她就要跟我離婚。”

[3] 聽(tīng)到這話，我便開(kāi)玩笑說(shuō)：“全世界的女人都被男人們嬌寵壞了，他們像對(duì)待女皇一樣地寵愛(ài)著女人們。你妻子也不例外。她當(dāng)然希望受寵嬌慣?；蛟S你對(duì)待她的態(tài)度就有問(wèn)題，不然她不會(huì)發(fā)那么大的火呀。你要做的就是繼續(xù)嬌寵她。沒(méi)有關(guān)心，就沒(méi)有愛(ài)嘛!”

【指點(diǎn)迷津】

give sb a piece of one’s mind scold or reprimand sb. 譴責(zé);嚴(yán)厲訓(xùn)斥

Tom has been drunk for a few nights in a row, so his wife gave him a piece of her mind yesterday.

湯姆連續(xù)幾天晚上都喝得酩酊大醉，所以昨天他老婆臭罵了他一頓。

furrow one's brow 哭喪著臉;不高興

My sister furrowed her brow and kept to herself(不與人交往, 離群獨(dú)居)without saying even a single word the whole morning.

我妹妹哭喪著臉，連一句話也不說(shuō)，獨(dú)自呆了一整上午。

add fuel to the fire　 pour oil on the flames　火上澆油

Leave it to me and don’t meddle with my business. You are just adding fuel to the fire.

別管我!請(qǐng)不要管我的閑事。你純粹是在火上澆油。

in anguish　 in great distress　極度痛苦

Judas lost all his money in gambling, so now he is in anguish and regret.

猶大賭博把錢都輸光了，所以他現(xiàn)在十分痛苦，懊惱不已。

accuse sb. of　 指控;指責(zé)某人

The American government accuses North Korea of nuclear development.

美國(guó)政府指責(zé)北朝鮮從事核武器開(kāi)發(fā)。

take sth. into serious consideration　嚴(yán)肅認(rèn)真地考慮某事。

We can put the plan into practice，but first of all we must take every possible factor into serious consideration.

我們能夠?qū)嵤┰擁?xiàng)計(jì)劃，但是首先我們必須認(rèn)真考慮每個(gè)可能的因素。

put someone on a pedestal　 喜愛(ài);寵信

☆ Mary thinks she’s special because all the boys put her on a pedestal. 瑪麗認(rèn)為自己很特別，因?yàn)樗械哪泻⒆佣紝?duì)她寵愛(ài)有加。

dote on　溺愛(ài);寵愛(ài)

The parents dote on their only daughter and try to satisfy her desires at all costs.

這對(duì)父母溺愛(ài)他們的獨(dú)生女兒，不惜一切代價(jià)滿足她的要求。

fly off the handle　 激動(dòng);發(fā)脾氣

Seeing the window broken into pieces, Father flew off the handle and demanded fiercely, “”Who on earth broke the window? ”

看見(jiàn)窗戶破成碎片，父親大動(dòng)肝火，厲聲問(wèn)道：“究竟是誰(shuí)把窗戶打破了?”