Situational Words and Phrases 情景詞匯
1.apathetic a. 缺乏興趣的,淡漠的
A: The children have lost hype and become apathetic.
甲:孩子們都失去了希望,興趣索然。
B: Have you tried to arouse their interest in study?
乙:你沒想辦法激發(fā)起他們對學習的興趣嗎?
2.be one's cup of term 合……的胃口
A: Beijing Opera is not my cup of tea.
甲:我對京劇不“感冒”。
B: It's not mine either.
乙:我也如此。
3.boring a. 令人厭煩的
A: I love playing football very much.
甲:我很喜歡踢足球。
B: I think it's boring.
乙:而我卻覺得這個很無聊。
4.concern n. 關(guān)心,與……有關(guān)
A: The depletion of the ozone layer isn't causing any widespread concern among the government officials.
甲:臭氧層的破壞并沒有在政府官員中引起廣泛的關(guān)注。
B: Maybe they're ignorant of any possible consequence of it. They never consider anything that doesn't concern them.
乙:也許他們不清楚臭氧層破壞可能導致的結(jié)果。他們從不考慮與己無關(guān)的事情。
5.couldn't care less 一點兒也不在乎
A: Are you feeling sad about your failure in the exam?
甲:你考試沒及格很難過吧?
B: No, I couldn't care less.
乙:不,我一點兒也不在乎。
6.indifferent a. 漠不關(guān)心的,漠然的
A: What's their attitude toward our plight?
甲:他們對我們的困境持什么樣的態(tài)度?
B: They looked indifferent to whatever we said.
乙:不管我們說什么,他們都顯得漠不關(guān)心。
7.leave sb. cold 打動不了某人
A: Pop music leaves me cold.
甲:流行音樂打動不了我。
B: I don't go for it, either.
乙:我有同感。
8.make no difference 沒有關(guān)系,不重要
A: Do you think he'll win the match?
甲:你認為他會贏得這場比賽嗎?
B: It doesn't make any difference to me whether he wins ar not.
乙:他贏不贏對我來說都無所謂。
9.matter v. 有關(guān)系
A: The teacher's not satisfied with your assignment.
甲:老師對你的作業(yè)不滿意。
B: What does that matter!
乙:那有什么關(guān)系!
10.mind v. 介意,在乎
A : He's so rude to you. Why didn't you teach him a lesson?
甲:他對你這樣無禮。你為什么不教訓他一頓?
B: I don't mind it.
乙:我不介意。
11.unconcerned a. 對……不在意
A: Are you angry about what they said against you?
甲:你對他們說你的壞話感到很氣憤嗎?
B: No, I'm unconcerned about that.
乙:不,我對此不在意。
12.So what? 那又怎么樣呢?
A: Your room is a read mess.
甲:你的屋子亂糟糟的。
B: So what?
乙:那又怎么樣呢?
13.Who cares? 管它呢!
A: The teacher complains your handwriting is very poor.
甲:老師抱怨你的字寫得太糟。
S: Who cared.
乙:管它呢!