正文

留美老师带你每天说英文第982期:当别人用外语对家人攻击时

2020-09-07来源:和谐英语

Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.

台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是：

There were all these horrific things that were being said to my mom and I had to translate all of that. I lost it.

她们对着我妈骂了一堆很难听的话，然后我还得一一翻译给我妈听。我当时很崩溃。

学习重点：

1.horrific 令人恐惧的；骇人的
horrific (adj.) 令人恐惧的；骇人的
horror (n.) 恐怖
horrendous (adj.) 可怕的；惊人的

2.translate 翻译
translate (v.) 翻译
translation (n.) 翻译；译文；译本
translator (n.) 译者

3.lose it 失去理智
lose it (phr.) 失去理智
lose one's cool (phr.) 沈不住气
lose one's touch (phr.) 丧失以前的能力等