2016每日高頻英語六級口語練習(xí)39

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A: Why should someone get up the nerve to callanother person’s names? Most of these people knowit’s degrading to do that.
    為何有人要鼓起勇氣去嘲弄別人。大多數(shù)人都知道很丟臉。
    B: This has something to do with the emotionalaspect of the psyche.
    這和心理有關(guān)。
    A: I never seem to get up the nerve to curse othersor call their names.
    對于我來說,鼓起勇氣去詛咒或者嘲弄別人,好像不需要什么勇氣。
    B: You have more self-control than they have. Besides, your anger is not strong enough toforce you to do then. If one gets up the nerve to do anything, to kill himself for instance, hehave a stronger driver for the action than the consequence he’ll have to take.
    你比他們的自制力更強。此外,你的火氣還沒有那么強烈驅(qū)使你那么做。如果一個人鼓起勇氣去做事情,比如自殺,他采取行動的驅(qū)動力要比承擔(dān)后果的驅(qū)動力強烈。
    【 解詞釋義】
    Get up the nerve的意思是“鼓起勇氣”。