迷你对话学地道口语第576期:冷静下来

　　Subject：Take a pill¹.
迷你对话
A: I didn’t expect that we would lose the game. Now I am really mad.
我没有想到我们的比赛会失利，现在我真的狠沮丧。
B: Oh, take a pill.
噢，冷静一下。
地道表达
take a pill
1. 解词释义
Take a pill做习语的意思是“冷静一下”，用于安抚情绪，让某人冷静一下。也可以用作take a chill² pill。
2. 拓展例句
e.g. You always study so hard. There is no need to be worried. You should just take a pill and relax. You know you'll do fine.
你学习总是很努力，没有必要担心。你应该冷静下来，放松下来。你知道你会考得好的。
e.g. Take a pill, man. Please listen to me. Thing are not that bad.
冷静一下，老兄，听我说，事情没有那么糟糕。
e.g. Take a pill. I am later for class. See you later.
冷静点，我上课要迟到了，稍后见。

1 pill   

n.药丸，弹丸，屈辱；vt.将…做成药丸，形成丸状，使服药丸；挫败

参考例句：

• The child could not get the pill down.孩子吞不下药片。
• The pill is coated with sugar.这药丸包了糖衣。

2 chill   

vt.使变冷，使冷却，使沮丧；n.寒冷，风寒

参考例句：

• With the chill factor,it's nearly minus forty here.加上风寒指数，气温接近零下40度。
• The bad news cast a chill over the whole family.这坏消息使全家人感到沮丧。