Situational Words and Phrases 情景词汇
1.apathetic a. 缺乏兴趣的,淡漠的
A: The children have lost hype and become apathetic.
甲:孩子们都失去了希望,兴趣索然。
B: Have you tried to arouse their interest in study?
乙:你没想办法激发起他们对学习的兴趣吗?
2.be one's cup of term 合……的胃口
A: Beijing Opera is not my cup of tea.
甲:我对京剧不“感冒”。
B: It's not mine either.
乙:我也如此。
3.boring a. 令人厌烦的
A: I love playing football very much.
甲:我很喜欢踢足球。
B: I think it's boring.
乙:而我却觉得这个很无聊。
4.concern n. 关心,与……有关
A: The depletion of the ozone layer isn't causing any widespread concern among the government officials.
甲:臭氧层的破坏并没有在政府官员中引起广泛的关注。
B: Maybe they're ignorant of any possible consequence of it. They never consider anything that doesn't concern them.
乙:也许他们不清楚臭氧层破坏可能导致的结果。他们从不考虑与己无关的事情。
5.couldn't care less 一点儿也不在乎
A: Are you feeling sad about your failure in the exam?
甲:你考试没及格很难过吧?
B: No, I couldn't care less.
乙:不,我一点儿也不在乎。
6.indifferent a. 漠不关心的,漠然的
A: What's their attitude toward our plight?
甲:他们对我们的困境持什么样的态度?
B: They looked indifferent to whatever we said.
乙:不管我们说什么,他们都显得漠不关心。
7.leave sb. cold 打动不了某人
A: Pop music leaves me cold.
甲:流行音乐打动不了我。
B: I don't go for it, either.
乙:我有同感。
8.make no difference 没有关系,不重要
A: Do you think he'll win the match?
甲:你认为他会赢得这场比赛吗?
B: It doesn't make any difference to me whether he wins ar not.
乙:他赢不赢对我来说都无所谓。
9.matter v. 有关系
A: The teacher's not satisfied with your assignment.
甲:老师对你的作业不满意。
B: What does that matter!
乙:那有什么关系!
10.mind v. 介意,在乎
A : He's so rude to you. Why didn't you teach him a lesson?
甲:他对你这样无礼。你为什么不教训他一顿?
B: I don't mind it.
乙:我不介意。
11.unconcerned a. 对……不在意
A: Are you angry about what they said against you?
甲:你对他们说你的坏话感到很气愤吗?
B: No, I'm unconcerned about that.
乙:不,我对此不在意。
12.So what? 那又怎么样呢?
A: Your room is a read mess.
甲:你的屋子乱糟糟的。
B: So what?
乙:那又怎么样呢?
13.Who cares? 管它呢!
A: The teacher complains your handwriting is very poor.
甲:老师抱怨你的字写得太糟。
S: Who cared.
乙:管它呢!