EP 0135Daily Life

Cheer Up

A

Ok... I’ll talk to you later. Bye

B

Carrie, are you ok? You seem a bit down.

A

I just got off the phone with my boyfriend. He is always getting upset and losing his temper over nothing. It’s so hard to talk to him at times.

B

Maybe it’s just that he is stressed out from work or something. He does have a pretty nerve wracking job you know.

A

Yeah but, he is always in a really foul mood. I try to find out what’s bothering him or get him to talk about his day but, he always shuts down and brushes me off.

B

Men are like that you know. They can feel nervous, anxious or on edge and the only way they can express it is by trying to hide it through aggressiveness.

A

I guess you are right. What do you think I should do? He wasn’t always this grouchy you know...

B

Talk to him, try to cheer him up when he is down and if that doesn’t work, I say get rid of him and get a new one!

A

You are something else you know that?

核心词汇

downAdjective

sad or unhappy

stress outprinciple verb, past simple

to feel very worried or anxious

nerve wrackingAdjective

causing a person to feel very nervous

brush me offprinciple verb, present simple

refuse to talk about something with someone

cheer upprinciple verb, infinitive

to make (someone) happier

拓展词汇

down in the dumpsphrase

feeling sad, not happy

have the bluesphrase

having sad feelings or emotions

rattledprinciple verb, past simple

to fluster, unnerve

grinds my gearsphrase

makes me angry, upsets me

pissed offphrase

upset, very angry