【英语趣味课堂】疯狂的和尴尬的-Mad and Embarrassed

Daniel: Hey, Vella, how are you?

Vella: I'm good. How are you?

 

Daniel: I'm fine thanks. Is there, like do you remember any time where you've been really sad or angry or embarrassed¹?

 

Vella: Yeah. Actually it happened before I came here. I had a huge fight with my father, dad, and yeah we had a disagreement² about something and I, well I had a disagreement with my aunt which is my dad's sister and my dad just kind of took her side instead of my side and I was really disappointed³ in him and I lost my temper⁴ and I started hitting the window and it kind of broke and my dad was...

 

Daniel: Wait a minute. You broke the window because you were angry?

 

Vella: I did.

 

Daniel: OK.

 

Vella: I really lost my, you know, control and my dad he started crying and, you know, seeing him cry was really, you know, painful.

 

Daniel: Wow. I didn't know you were that kind of person that could break a window.

 

Vella: You know when I lose my temper, I tend to do, you know, things that are out of control but yeah.

 

Daniel: But what was the whole argument about? Do you think it would have that result like where you break a window because of an argument with your dad?

 

Vella: Well, I think it was just because I was really disappointed that he took, you know, my aunt's side instead of my side.

 

Daniel: Hm, hm.

 

Vella: And he was saying stuff⁵ like, you know, it's all my fault and, you know, he was really disappointed in me so I was really sad that he said that and, yeah, I lost my temper and started hitting.

 

Daniel: OK, how about being embarrassed? Do you remember any time where you were really embarrassed?

 

Vella: Yeah, I think in high school. So there's this guy I have a huge crush⁶ on and I was walking down the stairs and, you know, he saw me and, you know, I was acting⁷ like awkwardly⁸ and there was a big plant in front of me and I didn't see it because I was, you know, too busy looking at him and I kind of tripped over and it was really embarrassing⁹ and everyone was laughing and that guy, you know, saw me.

 

Daniel: That's the worse thing.

 

Vella: Falling like in front of your crush, I think that will be really embarrassing.

 

Daniel: OK, what did you do afterwards?

 

Vella: Well I just acted cool, you know, and said I'm fine and just left.

 

Daniel: Wow, that must be really difficult?

 

Vella: Because I was trying to, you know, look pretty as I walked down the stairs and I didn't see the plant in front of me.

 

Daniel: So after that did you ever get that guy to like you?

 

Vella: Well actually he, you know, he came up to me and he was asking if I was OK and we ended up exchanging numbers.

 

Daniel: So that was a success?

 

Vella: Yeah, it was a success.

 

Daniel: OK, that's pretty good.

 

重点词汇：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

a huge fight

 

I had a huge fight with my father.

 

A 'huge fight' is a large argument. Notice the following:

 

She's sad today, because she had a huge fight with her boyfriend last night.

I had to go for a run, because we had a huge fight.

take a side

 

My dad took her side instead of my side.

 

When you 'take a side' in a debate or argument, you agree with one side and support the person with that point of view. Notice the following:

 

You always take her side.

I prefer not to take a side in arguments like this.

lose my temper

 

 

I lost my temper and I started hitting the window

 

You 'lose your temper' when you lose control of your anger and your emotions explode. Notice the following:

 

If you lose your temper, he will stop listening to you.

I have something to tell you if you promise not to lose your temper.

out of control

 

 

I tend to do things that are out of control.

 

If you do something that is 'out of control,' it is something that you can't control that is crazy and not expected or accepted by society. Notice the following:

 

After a few hours, the party just got out of control.

You need to go to bed. You are completely¹⁰ out of control right now.

fault

 

 

It's all my fault

 

Something that is 'your fault' happens because of you and something that you did. Notice the following:

 

Whose fault is it that the vase¹¹ was broken?

It is my friend's fault that we are late today.

1 embarrassed   

adj.尴尬的，不好意思的

参考例句：

• He was very embarrassed to hear people speak so highly of him.他听见别人这样夸他,感到很难为情。
• He is somewhat embarrassed.他稍微有点窘迫。

2 disagreement   

n.不一致；分歧；意见不合

参考例句：

• They were in disagreement about the move to Cambridge.他们在是否迁居剑桥方面有争议。
• I hope this disagreement does not divide us.我希望意见不同不至于使我们分道扬镳。

3 disappointed   

adj.失望的，不满意的，不如意的

参考例句：

• He seemed disappointed when the man refused his request.当那个人拒绝了他的要求时他看起来很失望。
• He was disappointed so often that he became hopeless.他屡次失望，以致变为了绝望。

4 temper   

n.恶劣的心情，心绪焦躁；性情，脾气

参考例句：

• The man lost his temper and struck out wildly.那人因发怒而大打出手。
• One day the man flew at me in a temper.一天,那个人冲着我大发脾气。

5 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

6 crush   

v.压垮，压倒，压服，镇压；压碎，碾碎

参考例句：

• This machine is made to crush the rock into powder.这台机器是用来把石头压成碎末的。
• You can't crush so many people into the classroom.不能让这么多人挤进教室。

7 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

8 awkwardly   

adv.笨拙地；困难地；难看地；尴尬地

参考例句：

• I had been lying awkwardly and my leg had gone numb. 我一直以一种不舒服的姿势躺着，腿已经麻木了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He stood awkwardly in the doorway, not sure what to say. 他尴尬地站在门口，不知道该说什么。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 embarrassing   

adj.使人尴尬的，令人为难的v.（使）窘迫，（使）局促不安( embarrass的现在分词)

参考例句：

• His jokes didn't even raise a smile, which was embarrassing. 听了他讲的笑话，都没人笑一下，真是太尴尬了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I was in the embarrassing position of having completely forgotten her name. 当时我完全忘记了她的名字，很是尴尬。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 completely   

adv.完全地，十分地，全然

参考例句：

• She never completely gave up hope.她从不完全放弃希望。
• I feel completely in the dark on this question.这件事使我感到茫然。

11 vase   

n.花瓶，瓶

参考例句：

• She knocked the vase off by accident.她不小心把花瓶打掉了。
• I saw the vase in the window of a shop.我在一家商店的橱窗里看见了这个花瓶。