ESL Podcast 670 – To Forgive and Forget

　　Luc: You’ll never guess who called and left a voicemail message today.
Angela: Who?
Luc: Barbara!
Angela: Oh, really? What did she want?
Luc: She said she was calling to RSVP for our party this Saturday.
Angela: Did she?
Luc: Stop playing innocent with me. Did you or did you not invite her to our party this Saturday?
Angela: I may have. Okay, I did.
Luc: Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t you and Barbara have a knock-down, drag-out fight last month?
Angela: We may have.
Luc: And didn’t you say that you’d never speak to her again much less invite her over to our house?
Angela: That’s water under the bridge. You know what they say: “To err¹ is human, to forgive divine.”
Luc: I can’t believe my ears. You ranted² and raved³ for days that you’d hold against her for the rest of your life all of the terrible things she said about you.
Angela: I was being overdramatic. I don’t think I ranted and raved, actually. We just had a little spat⁴. It’s best just to forgive and forget.
Luc: Unbelievable! Why can’t you have a selective memory when we have fights?
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

1 err   

vi.犯错误，出差错

参考例句：

• He did not err by a hair's breadth in his calculation.他的计算结果一丝不差。
• The arrows err not from their aim.箭无虚发。

2 ranted   

v.夸夸其谈( rant的过去式和过去分词 )；大叫大嚷地以…说教；气愤地)大叫大嚷；不停地大声抱怨

参考例句：

• Drink in hand,he ranted about his adventures in Africa. 他端着酒杯，激动地叙述他在非洲的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Lu Xun ranted and raved against the enemy, but he felt warmth towards the people. 鲁迅对敌人冷嘲热讽，而对人民却是满腔热忱。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 raved   

v.胡言乱语( rave的过去式和过去分词 )；愤怒地说；咆哮；痴心地说

参考例句：

• Andrew raved all night in his fever. 安德鲁发烧时整夜地说胡话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They raved about her beauty. 他们过分称赞她的美。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4 spat   

n.口角，掌击；v.发出呼噜呼噜声

参考例句：

• Her parents always have spats.她的父母经常有些小的口角。
• There is only a spat between the brother and sister.那只是兄妹间的小吵小闹。