跟艾米莉一起學(xué)口語 第642期:責(zé)備與厭倦

I'm sick and tired of it.

我對這件事感到惡心，厭倦。

be sick and tired of...

對...感到厭煩/惡心

I'm fed up with studying French.

我討厭學(xué)法語。

be fed up with..

對...感到厭倦

I'm so tired of listening to techno music.

我非常討厭聽電子音樂。

I can't do this work anymore. It's the same thing over and over again.

這份工作我再也做不下去了，總是在一遍一遍地重復(fù)。

Is there anything more tedious than this?

還有比這更無聊的嗎？

tedious

/ˈtiːdiəs/

乏味煩人的

I'm so angry that I'm speechless.

我氣得話都說不出來了。

speechless

無語的

I'm not happy with the television I bought.

我對我買的電視機不滿意。

not happy with..

對..不滿意

The service here is awful.

這里的服務(wù)太糟糕了。

awful

糟糕的

This is the worst service I've ever encountered.

這是我遇過的最糟糕的服務(wù)。

This is pathetic.

太令人生厭了。

pathetic

差勁的；不足的（非正式）

A: Excuse me, waiter. This food is terrible. The steak is under cooked and the potatoes are cold.

服務(wù)員，這食物太糟糕了，牛排沒熟，土豆是涼的。

B: I'm sorry. I'll take it back right away and bring you out a new dish.

非常抱歉，我這就拿回去給您換一份新的。

A: How is your new car?

你的新車怎么樣？

B: Oh, don't mention it. It's caused me nothing but trouble since the day I bought it.

別提了，自從我買了它那天起，它就一直給我惹麻煩。

A: Really? What's the problem? You seemed so happy when you decided to buy it.

是嗎，怎么回事？你決定買車的時候看起來可是很高興啊。

B: Where do I start? First, the breaks went and then like a week later I started having engine problems.

從哪說起呢？先是剎車壞了，然后大約過一個星期吧，車的引擎就開始出問題了。

Where do I start?表示“我該從何說起呢”？在文中表示由于車的問題太多，不知從何提起。

A: That's too bad. Didn't you bring it in to have them take a look at it?

太糟糕了，你沒把車開回去讓他們檢查一下嗎？

have sb do表示“讓某人做某事”

B: That's another story altogether. When I brought it back, they said I waived the warranty in the contract that I signed. I told them they never said anything about a warranty. We went back and forth and finally I got fed up and walked out.

那就是另外一回事了，我把車開回去的時候，他們說根據(jù)我簽的合同，我已經(jīng)放棄了保修。我跟他們說他們從來沒有跟我提過什么保修的事，我就這樣反反復(fù)復(fù)的爭吵，最后我實在忍無可忍，就走了。

back and forth表示“來來回回”