英語趣味課堂： 星座：Zodiac

Todd: Hello, Jessica.

Jessica: Hi, Todd.

Todd: Jessica, when were you born?

Jessica: I was born October 6th, 1981.

Jessica: Wow, 1981

Jessica: Yeah, that's right.

Todd: Man, you're young. Whoo! I'm an old guy.

Jessica: I'm 22 so.

Todd: Wow! My birthday is October 2nd, 1969, so we have over 10 years between us.

Jessica: Yeah, that's right.

Todd: OK, so we're both libras.

Jessica: Right.

Todd: Actually, I don't even know, what is libra? People say, oh, you're a libra? What does that mean?

Jessica: Well, Libra I think is just balance. Right, so we don't, we're not extreme, neither one way nor another, so we keep that kind of happy medium all the time and we don't ever freak out and we're just kind of mellow. Just very equal.

Todd: OK. So were very mellow, very equal.

Jessica: I think so. Kind of a nice equilibrium.

Todd: OK, well you've worked with me awhile. Am I mellow?

Jessica: I don't know. Yeah, I think so I think so

Todd: Maybe not, maybe not

Jessica: I think so, yeah, no, definitely.

Todd: Maybe I go against the sign.

Jessica: Right

Todd: OK, how about you? Are you mellow?

Jessica: I think so. When it comes, cause I don't tend to go one extreme or the other. Just kind of straight off.

Todd: Even keel.

Jessica: That's right.

學(xué)習(xí)內(nèi)容：

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freak out

Libras are not extreme and don't freak out.

When you 'freak out' about something you lose control of your emotions and become overly angry, excited, stressed or frustrated6. Notice the following:

My boss freaks out anytime someone makes a mistake.

I know she is going to freak out when she hears about this.

equilibrium

It's kind of a nice equilibrium.

An 'equilibrium' is a balance between two opposite forces. Notice the following:

She is good at keeping an equilibrium between work and fun.

He has never really had a good equilibrium in his life. All he does is work.

mellow

Do you think I'm a mellow person?

A 'mellow' is very calm and doesn't get too excited or freak out about much. Notice the following:

Your baby is so mellow.

My dog is mellow and easy to have in the house.

tend

I don't tend to go one extreme or the other.

What you 'tend' to do is what you commonly, usually or naturally do. It is your tendency. Notice the following:

She tends to get stressed easily.

He tends to get angry quickly when he's tired.

straight off or even keel

I'm just kind of straight off, even keel.

Used like this 'straight off' refers to someone who is balanced or doesn't go too much in one direction or the other. 'Even keel' is very similar in meaning and could be used interchangeably. Notice the following:

I try to be straight off at work, but in my personal life I am easily excited.

She is a lot more even keel now then when she was younger.

1 extreme

adj.末端的，盡頭的;極度的，極端的;n.極度，最大程度

參考例句：

She lived on the extreme edge of the forest.她住在森林的最邊緣。

His views are rather extreme.他的見解相當(dāng)偏激。

2 mellow

adj.柔和的;熟透的;v.變?nèi)岷?(使)成熟

參考例句：

These apples are mellow at this time of year.每年這時節(jié)，蘋果就熟透了。

The colours become mellow as the sun went down.當(dāng)太陽落山時，色彩變得柔和了。

3 equilibrium

n.平衡，均衡，相稱，均勢，平靜

參考例句：

Change in the world around us disturbs our inner equilibrium.我們周圍世界的變化擾亂了我們內(nèi)心的平靜。

This is best expressed in the form of an equilibrium constant.這最好用平衡常數(shù)的形式來表示。

4 definitely

adv.一定地，肯定地;明確地，確切地

參考例句：

The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不參加比賽，這個隊肯定會輸。

I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6點以前，我一定回家。

5 stressed

adj.緊張的，有壓力的

參考例句：

Loud music makes me stressed out.大聲的音樂讓我很緊張。

He stressed that we should always be honest.他強(qiáng)調(diào)我們應(yīng)該永遠(yuǎn)誠實。

6 frustrated

adj.挫敗的，失意的，泄氣的v.使不成功( frustrate的過去式和過去分詞 );挫敗;使受挫折;令人沮喪

參考例句：

It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 這個工作很容易令人懊惱。

The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 惡劣的天氣破壞了我們出行的愿望。