英語口語練習(xí)小對話:泰然自若

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    Subject: Just be as cool as a cucumber.
    第一,迷你對話
    A: Oh, my God. I have forgotten what I need to buy.
    哦,天啊,我忘記我需要買的東西了。
    B: Do not worry. Just be as cool as a cucumber.
    別急,鎮(zhèn)定點。
    第二,核心短語
    as cool as a cucumber
    1. 解詞釋義
    To be as cool as a cucumber的字面意思是“像黃瓜一樣涼爽”, 比喻為“鎮(zhèn)定,冷靜,泰然自若”的意思。表示一個遇到麻煩時很冷靜,很鎮(zhèn)定,很放松。Cool在這里的意思不是“涼爽”,是“冷靜的”的意思。使用時,表示對.....表現(xiàn)得冷靜,在短語后面用上介詞upon,即:be as cool as a cucumber uponsomething。
    2. 拓展例句
    e.g. It's not everybody who can keep as cool as a cucumber in an emergency.
    并不是人人都能在危急時刻保持鎮(zhèn)定自若的。
    e.g. He is as cool as a cucumber upon every act of atrocity.
    他面對一切暴行都表現(xiàn)得冷靜沉著。
    e.g. He kept as cool as a cucumber as the newspaper reporters shouted questions at him atonce.
    在報社記者七嘴八舌地高聲向他提問時,他始終表現(xiàn)得鎮(zhèn)定自若。
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