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　　16 -Distress

　　1.You seem worried.

　　2.I am very concerned that I am going to fail the final exame.

　　3.There is nothing to worry about.

　　4.I am very terrified¹ this sort of stories.

　　5.You almost scared me to death.

　　6.You don't have to be anxious about traveling on your own.

　　7.She is feeling blue,because she didn't do well in the exame

　　8.I've been feeling a bit down in the dumps² lately

　　9.It freightens me when I have to walk home late in the dark.

　　10.I wonder why she gave me sorrowful looks.

　　Dialogue 1

　　A:What's the matter? You don't look well.

　　B:I am worried.

　　A:What about?

　　B:My exame.

　　A:Oh,is that all?

　　B:I feel very nervous about it.

　　A:Don't worrry about it. Try to look on the bright sight of things.

　　Dialogue 2

　　A:Are you all right?

　　B:I will be all right soon.I was terrified when I watched them

　　fall from the wire.

　　A:Don't worry.He is an acrobat³。

　　B:I see.

　　Dialogue 3

　　A:I'm worring that she may be lost.

　　B:Be relax.She is familiar with the area.

　　A:After all, she is a five-year-old kid

　　B:Ok,I'll go out and look for her

　　Dialogue 4

　　A:Anything wrong? Slovia

　　B:Nothing.

　　A:Why are you so sad then?

　　B:I am falling to pieces. Everything

　　turns against to me.

　　B:Cheer up. You can take it.

　　A:I hope so.

　　Dialogue 5

　　A:It's a worry to me whether he is able to pass

　　the exame or not.

　　B:I think he is able to pass with your help.

　　A:I'm not sure.

　　B:He's been working hard recently, hasn't he?

　　Dialogue 6

　　W:Would you like to come to our party?

　　M:I'd like to.But I'm not myself today.

　　W:what happened? You look so pale.

　　M:It's the end of the world for me.

　　W:What makes you say that?

　　M:Today,I'm told I failed three courses.

　　W:Oh,that's too bad.

　　M:Work harder next term.

　　W：I'm such a fool that duplication of effort is only a waste

　　time to me.

　　M:Don't loose heart.Everything will be fine.

　　W:I hope so.

　　James and Patrick were alone in the office.Patrick didn't not

　　look very cheerful,so James asked him what had heppened. Patrick

　　said:Oh nothing special.I'm just a bit fed up.James asked

　　whether he was fed up with the job.Patrick said he was fed up

　　with every thing,with catching⁴ the same train every

　　morning,setting in the same office all day, watching the same

　　televison progames.Therefore,James advised him to have a

　　holiday.Beacuse he knew that reason why Patrick was so

　　dispressed was that he did the same sort of job for years and

　　years.There was no variety in his life

1 terrified   

adj.很害怕的，极度惊慌的，吓坏了的v.使恐怖，使惊吓，恐吓( terrify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• the crying of terrified children 小孩受了惊吓的哭声
• I'm terrified of flying. 我十分害怕坐飞机。

2 dumps   

n.抑郁v.倾倒( dump的第三人称单数 )；丢下；随便堆放；释放

参考例句：

• They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps. 他们靠在垃圾场捡垃圾维持着朝不保夕的生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It's no use letting yourself fall into the dumps. 你听任自己的情绪低沉下去一点用也没有。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 acrobat   

n.特技演员，杂技演员

参考例句：

• The acrobat balanced a long pole on his left shoulder.杂技演员让一根长杆在他的左肩上保持平衡。
• The acrobat could bend himself into a hoop.这个杂技演员可以把身体蜷曲成圆形。

4 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。