纯正地道美语(外教讲解)346：你感觉如何?

　　What Mood Are You In? 你现在感觉如何？ A : Are you ok? You seem a bit anxious.
你现在好吗？你看上去有点紧张。
B : Yeah, I'm OK, I have been having a lot of mood swings lately. I think it has to do with the pills my doctor prescribed that are causing chaos¹ on my hormones².
是的，我还好，最近我的情绪有些拨动。我想这和我吃了医生给我开的引起我荷尔蒙紊乱的药有关系。
A : So you mean you feel ecstatic one minute and then blue the next?
你的说你一会欣喜若狂，一会变得忧伤吗？
B : Yeah, it's weird³. For example just this morning I was feeling detached and lonely, even though there was really no reason to feel that way.
是的，很奇怪。比如就今天早晨吧，我觉得自己游离并且孤单，即使真的没有理由这样觉得。
A : Well, maybe your mood will swing positively⁴ and you will feel confident, brave and hopeful!
嗯，也许你的情绪会变得积极，你会觉得有信心，勇敢和有希望！
B : I hope you are right.
希望你是对的。

　　1. mood swing 情绪波动
As is often the case, though, the mood swing has gone too far. 不过，与过去常有的情况一样，人们的情绪波动有些过头了。
Maybe, his apathy⁵ signals he is at the negative extremity⁶ of a mood swing. 或许万念俱灰只是他情绪波动的一个极端吧。
2. has something to do with 和……有关
Someone I care about is in trouble, And this club has something to do with it. Now knowing my father was a member, It only stands to reason that his closest friends were, too. 有个我关心的人遇到麻烦，和这俱乐部有关。我父亲曾经是会员，显然他最好的朋友也是会员。
We really don't know, but it has something to do with "being." 我们并不知道，但它是与某种存在有关系的。

1 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

2 hormones   

n. 荷尔蒙，激素 名词hormone的复数形式

参考例句：

• This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body. 这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。
• The adrenals produce a large per cent of a man's sex hormones. 肾上腺分泌人体的大部分性激素。

3 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

4 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

5 apathy   

n.漠不关心，无动于衷；冷淡

参考例句：

• He was sunk in apathy after his failure.他失败后心恢意冷。
• She heard the story with apathy.她听了这个故事无动于衷。

6 extremity   

n.末端，尽头；尽力；终极；极度

参考例句：

• I hope you will help them in their extremity.我希望你能帮助在穷途末路的他们。
• What shall we do in this extremity?在这种极其困难的情况下我们该怎么办呢？