迷你對話學地道口語第938期:鼓起勇氣

第一， 迷你對話

A: Why should someone get up the nerve to call another person’s names? Most of these people know it’s degrading to do that.

爲何有人要鼓起勇氣去嘲弄別人。大多數人都知道很丟臉。

B: This has something to do with the emotional aspect of the psyche.

這和心理有關。

A: I never seem to get up the nerve to curse others or call their names.

對於我來說，鼓起勇氣去詛咒或者嘲弄別人，好像不需要什麼勇氣。

B: You have more self-control than they have. Besides, your anger is not strong enough to force you to do then. If one gets up the nerve to do anything, to kill himself for instance, he have 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，你的火氣還沒有那麼強烈驅使你那麼做。如果一個人鼓起勇氣去做事情，比如自殺，他採取行動的驅動力要比承擔後果的驅動力強烈。

第二， 地道表達

get up the nerve

1. 解詞釋義

Get up the nerve的意思是“鼓起勇氣”。

2. 拓展範例

e.g. I finally got up the nerve to tell Charlie publicly what I thought of him.

我終於鼓起勇氣當衆告訴查利我對他的看法。

e.g. At about 10:30, I finally got up the nerve to make my move.

大約在10點半，我總算鼓起勇氣開始了放飛行動。

e.g. Jack got up the nerve to ask Ruth to dance with him.

傑克鼓足勇氣請露絲和他跳舞。

e.g. I want to marry betty, it seems that I can't get up the nerve to pop the question.

我很想與貝蒂結婚，但是，我怎麼也鼓不起勇氣去求婚。

第三， 咬文嚼字

call sb. name：辱罵某人

e.g. During the fighting, the children were calling each other names.

在鬥毆中,孩子們互相辱罵。

e.g. I'll teach you to call him names!

如果你辱罵他,我就要對你不客氣了。

e.g. They lost their tempers easily and called one another names.

他們動不動就發火互相辱罵。

e.g. She heard the old lady calling her names in the corridor.

她聽到那老太太在走廊罵她。

for instance：例如

e.g. You can't depend on her: for instance, she arrived late yesterday.

她靠不住:舉例說,昨天她就來遲了。

e.g. He's a brave boy, for instance, he saved a little girl by jumping into the cold river.

他是個勇敢的孩子，例如，他曾跳進很冷的河流中去救了一個小女孩。

take action：採取行動

e.g. We must take action before it is too late.

我們必須趁早採取行動，否則來不及了。

e.g. The Government will take action to facilitate their further development.

政府會採取措施促進這些行業的進一步發展。

take the consequence：承擔後果

e.g. The Japanese joined Hitler's criminal attack on civilization and had to take the consequences.

日本人蔘加了希特勒對文明發動萬惡的進攻，因此必須來承擔後果。

e.g. If one does not conform to the law, one must take the consequences.

誰不守法就應該承擔後果。

第四， 口語句型

Somebody/something has something to do with something. (這與……有關。)

e.g. He has something to do with the college.

他與那所大學有關係。

e.g. In China almost everyone has something to do with banking services.

在中國，幾乎人人與金融服務都有着或多或少的聯繫。

e.g. It has something to do with the electron, but we don't know exactly what!

它肯定與電子有點關係，但我們並不確切地知道究竟是什麼關係。

e.g. It has something to do with the young soldier at the castle.

這一定和城堡內那位年輕士兵有關。