迷你对话学地道口语第8期：顽固不化的人

[00:00:31] Bob refused all his classmates ' invitations.
Bob 拒绝了班上所有人的邀请。
[00:08:58] I really could not understand him.
我真不明白他这个人。
[00:11:27] He is surely¹ a hard nut, nobody likes approaching him.
他真是个脑子不开窍的人，没人愿意接近他。
[00:17:10] We 'd better leave him alone.
我们最好也别惹他。

习语：a hard nut
知识点津：nut除了指“坚果”的意思，还可以指“难题、难事、难对付的人”。A hard nut源于短语a hard nut to crack或者是a tough nut to crack，表示“顽固不化的人”“无知无觉的人”“顽冥不化的人”。
迷你对话：
A :Bob refused all his classmates' invitation.
Bob 拒绝了班上所有人的邀请。
B :I really couldn't understand him.
我真不明白他这个人。
A :He is surely a hard nut, nobody likes approaching him.
他真是个脑子不开窍的人，没人愿意接近他。
B :We'd better leave him alone.
我们最好也别惹他。
词海拾贝：
leave alone：不理睬，不干涉，置之不理，不打搅
He will leave alone things that might cause trouble; as he would say,"Let sleeping dogs lie."
他从来不干招惹是非的事。他会说：“莫惹是非”。
Leave my books alone.
别动我的书。
Justbuzz offand leave me alone!
走开, 让我清静一下!

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adv.确实地，无疑地；必定地，一定地

参考例句：

• It'should surely be possible for them to reach an agreement.想必他们可以达成协议。
• Surely we'll profit from your work.我们肯定会从你的工作中得到益处。