迷你对话学地道口语:唯一致命的弱点

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  迷你对话

  A: Smith is always careless, it is his Achilles’s heel .

  史密斯总是太粗心了,这是他性格上致命的弱点。

  B: He would get very angry if anyone criticized him.

  如果你批评他这点,他就会生气。

  A: He will burn his fingers.

  他会吃苦头的。

  B: If only he knew it.

  要是他知道她这点就好了。

  对话精讲

  第一、 地道表达

  【 核心短语 】Achille’s heel:唯一致命的要点

  【 典型范例1 】He would be an excellent candidate for the position. He has energy and knowledge. But he has got an Achilles heel——his Bad temper.

  他本来可以成为这个职位的理想人选,他精力充沛,知识丰富。但他有一个致命的弱点——脾气很坏。

  【 典型范例2 】Milutinovic did not take long to identify his team's Achilles heel.

  米卢蒂诺维奇没花多长时问就诊断出了中国队的致命弱点。

  第二、 词海拾贝

  burn one’s fingers:碰钉子 ; 吃亏上当 ; 因管闲事而吃苦头

  【典型范例1 】Gain got by a lie will burn his fingers.

  靠欺骗得来的利益会使我自己受害。

  【典型范例2 】He burnt his fingers, dabbling in the stock-market.

  他在证券市场胡乱买卖而大吃苦头。

  【 典型范例3 】Mind your own business, or you'll burn your fingers.

  少管闲事,要不你会吃苦头的。

  【 典型范例4 】If you invest in that company, you'll burn your fingers.

  如果你投资给那家公司,无异是自寻烦恼。

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