迷你对话学英语口语 第1366期:保持冷静的态度;不动生色

第一，迷你对话

A: You see, our happiness depends on other people, and theirs depends on us, too.

你看，我们的幸福依赖于别人，而别人的幸福也依赖于我们。

B: I know the philosophy, but in practice may things do not work that way.

我懂得哲学，但是在现实生活中，很多事情并非如此。

A: You don't care? What about when people are try to enrage you?

你不在乎？别人激怒你，你如何反应。

B: I remain as what I am without turning a hair, of course.

当然，我仍旧保持冷静的态度。

第二，地道表达

without turning a hair

1. 解词释义

Without turning a hair是副词性习语，字面意思是“一根头发丝都不动”，用之比喻为“保持冷静的态度”“不动声色”“面不改色心不跳”的意思。

2. 拓展范例

E.g. Jack who had always drunk others under the table without turning a hair and then put them to bed.

以前Jack是经常不动声色地将别人灌醉，让他们昏头昏脑，然后把他们弄上床去的呀！

E.g. Johnny listened to the whole of that horrible story without turning a hair.

约翰尼把那个恐怖的故事原原本本地听了一遍，一点也不显得害怕。

E.g. When the thug demanded money from the bank teller, she pressed the alarm button without turning a hair.

当暴徒威胁银行出纳员交出钞票时，她毫不惊慌地按下了报警按钮。

E.g. The wine tasted like vinegar, but Norman drank a large glass of it without turning a hair.

这酒的味道像醋一样，可是Norman面不改色地唱了一大杯。

第三，视野拓展

depend on：依赖于......

E.g. In my opinion, we must depend on intensive cultivation to feed ourselves.

我看我们就是要靠精耕细作吃饭。

E.g. We depend on the newspapers for information about what is happening.

我们依凭报纸获悉所发生的事情。

in practice：实际上，事实上，在实践中

E.g. He has accumulated rich experience in practice.

他在实践中积累了丰富的经验。

It's sounded like a good idea, but in practice it didn't work.

这听起来像是个好主意, 但做起来却行不通。

E.g. In practice, workers do not work to satisfy their needs.

事实上，工人工作并不是为了满足本身的需要。

第四，短句翻译

中文：我依旧保持本色。

译文：I remain as what I am.