生活英语情景口语:我到底在担心什么呢?

G: good morning!

N: good morning, Gav! Did you sleep well last night?

G: I slept like a baby. I fell asleep right away last night, didn't wake up once, and didn't have nay¹ nightmares²!

N: that's great news! You look much more relaxed than you did yesterday.

G: I feel much better, but I'm still worried about something.

N: what's that?

G: well, I have to drive to school for a meeting this morning, and I'm going to end up getting stuck in rush-hour traffic.

N: that's annoying, but nothing to worry about.

G: for me, traffic jams are quite stressful, because I'm pretty impatient³. How can I prevent myself from getting stressed⁴ if I get stuck in a traffic jam?

N: just btrathe deeply⁵ when you feel yourself getting upset.

G: Ok, I'll try that.

N: is there anything else bothering you?

G: just one more thing. A school called me this morning to see if I could teach a few classes this weekend and I don't know what to do.

N: do you have any other plans this weekend?

G: I'm supposed to work on a paper that'd due⁶ on Monday.

N: try not to take on more than you can handle.

G: you're right. I probably should just work on my paper. Thanks!
早上好！
早上好,盖文!你昨晚睡得好吗？
我睡得像个婴儿.我昨晚很快就睡着了,而且一次都没醒过,也没有做恶梦.
这可是个好消息!你看上去比昨天轻松多了.
我觉得好多了,可是对有些事情还是有些担心.
担心什么?
呃,我今天上午要去学校开个会,我肯定会遇到上班高峰而堵在路上.
这的确挺烦人的.但没什么可担心的.
对于我来说,堵车会让我觉得非常焦虑,因为我特别没耐心.如果遇到堵车,怎么才能让自己不那么紧张呢?
当你心情不好的时候就深呼吸.
我会试试看的.
还有其它的事情让你烦心吗?
还有一件事.有个学校今天早晨打电话给我,问我愿不愿意这周末去他们那儿教几节课,我不知道该怎么办.
你周末有什么其它安排吗？
我要写一篇下周一要交的论文.
不要承担太多你应付不了的事情.
你说的对.我是应该只专心写我的论文.谢谢!
Nightmare  噩梦
In his nightmares they burned his house.
在他的噩梦中,他们烧了他的房子.

Stressful  有压力的

Impatient  急躁的
He was very impatient with students who could not follow him.
他对听不懂他讲课的学生很不耐心.

Annoying  讨厌的;恼人的,使人烦恼的
It is annoying that there is no hot water.
没热水,真伤脑筋.

 

1 nay   

adv.不；n.反对票，投反对票者

参考例句：

• He was grateful for and proud of his son's remarkable,nay,unique performance.他为儿子出色的，不，应该是独一无二的表演心怀感激和骄傲。
• Long essays,nay,whole books have been written on this.许多长篇大论的文章，不，应该说是整部整部的书都是关于这件事的。

2 nightmares   

n.噩梦( nightmare的名词复数 )；可怕的事情，无法摆脱的恐惧

参考例句：

• He still has nightmares about the accident. 他仍然做噩梦梦见这场事故。
• Art thou not afraid of nightmares and hideous dreams?\" 你难道不怕睡魇和凶梦吗？” 来自英汉文学 - 红字

3 impatient   

adj.不耐烦的，急躁的；热切的，急切的

参考例句：

• He was so impatient that I could hardly hold him back.他是那样急躁，我简直拉不住他。
• With an impatient gesture he thrust the food away from him.他不耐烦地把吃的东西猛地推开。

4 stressed   

adj.紧张的，有压力的

参考例句：

• Loud music makes me stressed out.大声的音乐让我很紧张。
• He stressed that we should always be honest.他强调我们应该永远诚实。

5 deeply   

adv.深刻地，在深处，深沉地

参考例句：

• I do feel deeply the strength of the collective.我确实深深地感到了集体的力量。
• We're deeply honoured that you should agree to join us.您能同意加入我们，我们感到很荣幸。

6 due   

n.应得物；adj.预定的，应付的，到期的，应有的

参考例句：

• I received nothing except what was due to me.除了我应得的东西，我并未接受任何东西。
• The rocket is due to lift off at noon on Friday.火箭定于星期五中午发射。