表達有關的刻薄的英語口語情景對話
A: Did you see that new horror movie?
B: Yeah, the killer was completely unfeeling. He even killed old ladies!
A: I guess some people just have a savage desire to kill.
A:你看那部新的恐怖電影了嗎?
B:看了,那個殺手真是慘無人道,連老太太都殺。
A:我想有些人就是由野蠻的殺人慾望。
【語言點精講】
horror movie:恐怖片,恐怖電影。
unfeeling:無情的,硬心腸的,殘酷的。
savage:殘酷的.,野蠻的。
二1
A: That man is so ruthless. I hear he fired half of his staff on the last Friday before Christmas.
B: I also hear he took all the money the company saved and bought a house in California.
A:那個人真是無情,我聽説他在聖誕節前的那個星期五解僱了一半的僱員。
B:我還聽説他拿了公司所有的錢,在加利福尼亞買了棟房子。
2
A: Boy, that woman has a real sharp tongue.
B: I know, she can say some really cutting and hurtful things when she is angry.
A:天哪,那女人真是尖酸刻薄。
B:我知道,她生氣時説出來的話很傷人。
【語言點精講】
ruthless:無同情心的;冷酷的;殘忍的。
staff:全體員工。這是個集合名詞,不用複數。
sharp: (話語或脾氣)尖酸的,尖鋭的。
cutting:傷人感情的;尖刻的,挖苦的。
hurtful:傷人的。