纯正英语一分钟-patience

People say patience is a virtue¹. I agree with this. Having patience is a good part of someone’s character. Not everyone has patience. These people get angry and frustrated² quickly. They can’t wait. If you have no patience, you want everything to happen right now. Children often have little patience, especially when there’s a present to open. They get really impatient³ and want to open the gift immediately. We become more patient as we get older. Perhaps we learn how to be more patient. In today’s world, you really need patience because we expect everything to happen straight away and often it doesn’t. I’m quite patient. I need it for my job. I’m a teacher so you need to wait for people to answer and learn.

1 virtue   

n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力

参考例句：

• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。

2 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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。