流行美语第361课忍着不说话 跟某人一般见识 _韦博分享.docVIP

HYPERLINK 流行美语第361课：忍着不说话 跟某人一般见识 -（ HYPERLINK 韦博分享） HYPERLINK 流行美语第361课：忍着不说话 跟某人一般见识 -（ HYPERLINK 韦博分享）Larry在学校书店，陪李华买新学期要用的书。他们会用到两个常用语： bite your tongue和stoop down to someones level。LH: 啊呀，怎么这么多人都选今天来买书!Larry: Well, classes do start on Monday. Everyone is getting ready for school to start.LH: Larry，刚才我结帐的时候，你听见那个收款员嘲笑我了么？他看我买这本书，说什么：“呦，你还上这门课哪？有什么用啊这种课!”他怎么能这样呢？! 气得我够呛!Larry: Yea, I almost said something to him, but I just wanted to get out of there. Sometimes its just better to bite your tongue and walk away.LH: Bite your tongue? Larry你咬舌头啦？ 疼不疼啊？Larry: No, Lihua. My tongue is fine. Biting your tongue is a phrase that means you force yourself to keep quiet - Like you have to bite your tongue to keep it from talking.LH: 哦，to bite your tongue意思就是忍着不说话。你是说，你本想说那店员两句，可不想引起争执，所以就忍着没作声。Larry: Thats right, Lihua, and saying something mean back to that rude cashier just wouldnt be worth it. Better to bite my tongue and walk away.LH: 这倒是。我真希望刚才那个收银员也知道什么时候闭嘴，bite his tongue，不要对客人说这么没礼貌的话。Larry: He was probably just having a bad day. When someone gets frustrated, its easier for them to forget to bite their tongue when they should...Like last Friday when my boss asked me to work late...LH: 啊？老板让你加班，你说什么啦？Larry: Well I wanted to tell him to get lost, but, of course, I bit my tongue instead.LH: 幸好你忍住了！对老板大发脾气可不是明智之举！Larry: That sure would be a mistake. Another example of a good time to bite your tongue is when your teacher makes you angry in class.LH: 没错！有时候我也想顶老师几句，可想想得罪老师的后果，我呀，还是bite my tongue，装哑巴算了!Larry: Thats definitely the smart thing to do. You wouldnt want your teacher to be angry at you!******LH: 每个人在生活中都应该“三思而后言”，不能想到什么说什么。一想起刚才那个没礼貌的店员，我就来气！Larry: Its alright, Lihua - theres nothing we can do about it now anyway. We would only be stooping down to his level if we returned the insult.LH: Stooping down to his level“弯腰到他的水平”？这是什么意思？Larry: To stoop down to his level would mean to be rude to him just like he was rude to us. Just because he is rude does not mean t