办公英语 同情

    Key Sentences(重点句子)
    619．I'm so homesick，I could die．我想家想得要死掉了。
    620．All  this  studying，all  this  pressure， I just  can't  stand  it！
    那么重的学业，那么大的压力，我真受不了！
    621．One of my papers was rejected．我的一篇论文被退回来了。
    622．I don't  think I'll ever  adapt  to  this  culture．我恐怕永远也适应不了这种文化。
    623． Maybe I should take sleeping pills．或许我该吃点儿安眠药。
    624．But no use crying over spilt milk．事情已经过去后悔也没用了。
    625．Every cloud has a silver lining¹．困难中总会看到光明。
    626．I feel like quitting school and going home．我想退学回家。
    627．No use kidding myself．我不能自欺欺人。
    628．Come on now… buck² up…face the music…nose to the grindstone．好了，好了，振作起来，鼓起勇气，埋头工作。
    629．Smile and the world smiles with you，cry and you cry alone．你笑世界笑，你哭独自哭。
    630．You need a break to get the cobwebs out of your head．你该好好休息让脑子清醒一下。
    631．Let nature take its course．顺其自然吧。
    632．I've just heard from Chen Jiang that your wife has passedaway．我刚听陈江说你的太太去世了。
    633．She suffered from heart failure．她患了心力衰竭。
    634． My wife and I were both shocked and saddened to hear aboutit．我太太和我听到这个消息都很震惊。
    635．I can well imagine how grieved³ you must be．我可以想象得出你一定很悲伤。
    636．It's good to have friends like you．能有你这样的朋友真不错。
    637．Thank you for offering to help．谢谢你的关心。
    638．It's the least we could do．我们所能做的也只有这些。
    Dialogue A(A：Ruth    B：Liu  Ping)A：Hello，May I speak to Liu Ping？
    B：Speaking．A：Hi，Liu Ping．This is Ruth．I saw you were in tears this morn-ing， what's  wrong  with  you？
    B：Oh，Ruth．I want to go home！
    A：Go home？ Why？
    B：I'm so homesick， I could die．All this studying， all this pres-sure，I just can't stand it！One of my papers was rejected．Idon't think I'll ever adapt to this culture． I had a nightmarelast  night， and lost  sleep． Maybe I should take sleeping pills．A：Did you go through the Orientation⁴ Program when you started school？
    B：No，I came too late，and missed it．A：It might have helped，but no use crying over spilt milk．Comeon，cheer up．Every cloud has a sliver⁵ lining．B：Not this time． I feel like quitting school and going home．No usekidding myself．I'll never get  that master's degree．A：Listen，boy，you are in a lousy mood！ Come on now…buckup…face the music…nose to the grindstone．You'll get usedto it soon．You know the proverb，“Smile and the world smileswith you，cry and you cry alone．”
    B：Oh，Ruth．You sound like a parrot．A：Well，it made you laugh and anyway I like them．They are realAmericana．B：Maybe you are right．A：Listen，Liu Ping．I think you need a break to get the cobwebsout of your head．If you really feel tired，you can goof⁶ off oncein a while．But don't do it too often．B：I'll try．Thank you for calling．I'm getting better．A：OK，let nature take its course．Good-bye．B：Good-bye．Dialogue B(A：Zhang Peng    B：Mr．Yang)A：Hello．I wish to speak to Mr．Yang．B：This is  Mr．Yang speaking．A：Oh，Mr．Yang．This is Zhang Peng speaking． I've just heardfrom Chen Jiang that your wife has passed away．B：That happened last night．She suffered from heart failure．A：My wife and I were both shocked and saddened to hear aboutit．I can well imagine how grieved you must be．If there is any-thing we can do to help you，please let us know．B： Thank you for sympathy．It's  good to have friends like you．Thank you for offering to help．A：It's the least we could do．B：Thank  you  for calling．A：Good-bye．

1 lining   

n.衬里，衬料

参考例句：

• The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
• Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。

2 buck   

n.雄鹿，雄兔；v.马离地跳跃

参考例句：

• The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。
• The female deer attracts the buck with high-pitched sounds.雌鹿以尖声吸引雄鹿。

3 grieved   

伤心的

参考例句：

• He grieved to know that his mother had passed away. 得知母亲去世，他很悲痛。
• The uncalled-for criticism grieved her. 无缘无故的批评使她伤心。

4 orientation   

n.方向，目标；熟悉，适应，情况介绍

参考例句：

• Children need some orientation when they go to school.小孩子上学时需要适应。
• The traveller found his orientation with the aid of a good map.旅行者借助一幅好地图得知自己的方向。

5 sliver   

n.裂片，细片，梳毛；v.纵切，切成长片，剖开

参考例句：

• There was only one sliver of light in the darkness.黑暗中只有一点零星的光亮。
• Then,one night,Monica saw a thin sliver of the moon reappear.之后的一天晚上，莫尼卡看到了一个月牙。

6 goof   

v.弄糟；闲混；n.呆瓜

参考例句：

• We goofed last week at the end of our interview with singer Annie Ross.上周我们采访歌手安妮·罗斯，结果到快结束时犯了个愚蠢的错误。
• You will never be good students so long as you goof around.如果你们成天游手好闲，就永远也成不了好学生。