【今日基础词】Attitude

【Transcript】

One old person complained to the doctor that his right ear was giving him trouble; he couldn’t hear.

So the doctor checked, checked, checked, listened, listened and said,

“Oh, you know your ear trouble is an old age problem. Your ear is getting old. That’s why you can’t hear.”

So the patient said with a bad attitude, “Nonsense, the left ear is just as old.”

【注】complain v. 抱怨

有个老人向医生抱怨右耳有问题，听不见。

医生检查又检查、听了又听，然后说：“哦!你知道吗?你耳朵有毛病是因为年老的关系，你的右耳已经老化了，所以才听不到。”

病人态度粗鲁地说道：“胡说!我的左耳也一样老呀!”

【Attitude】

attitude n. ①态度，看法 ②姿势

例：It’s not his work that bothers me; its his attitude.

困扰我的不是他的工作，而是他的态度。

Don’t give me your attitude.

别跟我摆架子。

搭配：

take an attitude towards/to 对……的看法：

He takes a mellow attitude to life.

他对生活有成熟的看法