迷你对话学英语口语 第998期:放松，无拘无束

第一， 迷你对话

A: Why do you change your mind suddenly?

你为何突然改变你的想法啊？

B: Gossip is fearful, you know. I am worried.

你知道绯闻是很可拍的，我很担心。

A：It seems you care so much about what other people say.

你看起来很在乎别人的看法。

B: Yeah, I just can’t let my hair down when I want to do something.

是的，我想做事情的时候，总是无拘无束的。

第二， 地道表达

let one’s hair down

1. 解词释义

Let one’s hair down的意思是“轻松放松，无拘无束”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. It's wonderful to let your hair down at the weekend after you've been working hard all week.

辛苦工作一周后在周末不拘礼节轻松一下真是太好了。

e.g. As a movie star, she can seldom let her hair down and enjoy life like ordinary women.

作为电影明星，她很少能像普通女性一样无拘无束地生活。

第三， 咬文嚼字

care about：在乎

e.g. A selfish person does not care about other people's problem.

自私的人是不关心别人的困难的。

e.g. He was neither ostentatious nor luxurious, neither did he care about social position.

他既不浮华也不奢侈，也不讲究社会地位。

change one’s mind：改变注意，改变想法

e.g. I hope you wouldn't chop and change your mind so often.

我希望你不要总是反复无常。

e.g. He perceived that he could not make his daughter change her mind.

他知道他无法改变女儿的心意。