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7. I Get Cold Feet
畏縮不前

BACKGROUND 背景

One friend is encouraging another to see a dentist.
一個(gè)人在鼓勵(lì)他的朋友去看牙醫(yī)。

A : Hi, Mike. What’s new?
嗨，邁克。你好嗎？

B: What’s wrong with you? Your face is swollen. You look terrible!
你這是怎么啦？臉都腫了。氣色很不好！

A : My jaw aches. I don’t know why.
我下巴疼，我也不知道是怎么回事。

B: Let me take a look. No wonder it hurts! One of your teeth looks decayed. You’d better see a dentist right away.
讓我看一看。難怪疼呀！你有顆牙齒壞了。最好馬上去看牙醫(yī)。

A: Do you think I have to? I’ve been putting it off for weeks. To tell the honest truth, dentists scare me to death. I get cold feet when I have to go to one. Even thinking of it makes me shake.
一定要去嗎？我都拖了好幾個(gè)星期了。說(shuō)實(shí)話，我害怕牙醫(yī)怕得要死。每次去到那里我就緊張得不得了。就連想到牙醫(yī)我都不寒而栗。

B: Don’t be silly. You’d be better off seeing one. I’ll make an appointment for you. Only a fool is afraid of the dentist!
別犯傻了。你還是要看醫(yī)生的。我來(lái)幫你預(yù)約。只有傻子才怕見(jiàn)牙醫(yī)呢！

A: Okay. I might as well go. But find me one who doesn’t hurt!
好。還是去吧。不過(guò)幫我找一個(gè)看牙不疼的牙醫(yī)哦！

B: Come on. I’m your best friend. You can count on me. There’s nothing to be afraid of.
好啦。我是你最好的朋友，你就放心吧。沒(méi)有什么可害怕的。

A: Well, if you say so, I’ll take your word for it.
好吧，既然你這么說(shuō)，我就照你說(shuō)的做。

額外成就感

no wonder: it isn’t surprising 難怪；不足為奇☆☆☆
* No wonder you’re tired! You stayed up the whole night.
難怪你這么累，你一個(gè)晚上沒(méi)睡覺(jué)。
* No wonder we couldn’t find you. You were in America!
難怪我們找不到你呢。你在美國(guó)！
* No wonder your husband is mad. I would be too if I were in his shoes.
你老公生氣這不足為奇。如果我是他的話也會(huì)生氣的。

right away: immediately 馬上；即刻☆☆☆
* I’m sorry I forgot to bring the book for you; I’ll take care of it right away.
對(duì)不起，我忘了把書(shū)給你帶來(lái)，我馬上就去給你拿。
* After I took the medicine, I felt better right away.
我吃完藥就馬上感覺(jué)好多了。
* We need to leave right away or we’ll be late.
我們得趕緊走，要不就遲到了。

put something off: postpone 推遲做某事☆☆☆☆
* Because of the weather, we have to put the picnic off until next week.
因?yàn)樘鞖獾脑?，我們不得不把野炊推遲到下個(gè)星期。
* Don’t put off studying until the last minute.
不要把學(xué)習(xí)的事推到最后。
* I don’t want to put off our meeting until next week.
我不想把會(huì)議推遲到下個(gè)星期。

get cold feet: become very cautious; be afraid to do something
膽怯；局促不安☆☆☆☆☆
* Every time I want to ask her out, I get cold feet.
每次我想約她出去，都打退堂鼓。
* I thought you were going to open your own business. What happened, did you get cold feet?
我還以為你要著手開(kāi)辦自己的公司呢。發(fā)生了什么事，你不敢了嗎？
* She was supposed to get married last month but she got cold feet.
她本應(yīng)該上個(gè)月結(jié)婚的，但她又打了退堂鼓。

be better off: be better on a long-term basis
（對(duì)于做某事來(lái)說(shuō)）較明智☆☆☆☆☆
* Do you think I’d be better off quitting my job and going abroad?
你覺(jué)得我辭去工作出國(guó)是不是明智之舉？
* You’d be better off going to the office in person instead of trying to call.
你親自去辦公室比打電話要強(qiáng)得多。
* I think I’d be better off if I were single!
我要是單身的話會(huì)更好一些！

might as well: it is a good idea to do something, although not of major importance 倒不如；滿可以☆☆☆☆
* If you’re going to the library, I might as well go with you and return these books.
如果你要去圖書(shū)館的話，我倒不如跟你一起去把這些書(shū)還了。
* You might as well give me your phone number if you’re going to be here a few days.
你要是來(lái)這住幾天的話，倒不如把電話號(hào)碼也給我。
* As long as we’re here we might as well try the Beijing duck.
既然我們來(lái)了，倒不如吃北京烤鴨。