英語口語情景詞匯學(xué)習(xí) 個人情感表達 Unit 15: 樂觀與悲觀

　　Situational Words and Phrases 情景詞匯

　　1.depressing a. 沉悶的，令人沮喪的

　　A: They failed the game! Haw depressing!

　　甲:他們箱了這場比賽。真掃興!

　　B: Really? it's unbelievable

　　乙:真的嗎?太難以置信了!

　　2.despair n. 失望，絕望

　　A: How's your colleague?

　　甲:你的同事怎么樣?

　　B: He is in despair. All hope is gone.

　　乙:他絕望了，希望都破滅了。

　　3.despondent a. 甲失望的，喪氣的

　　A: You look despondent. What's wrong?

　　甲:你的樣子很沮喪。怎么了?

　　B: The boss's fired me.

　　乙:老板把我解雇了。

　　4.disappointed a. 使失望的

　　A: I'm disappointed in you!How would you have lied like that?

　　甲:我對你感到失望!你怎么能這樣撒謊?

　　B: I' m terribly sorry, please forgive me.

　　乙:非常抱歉，請原諒我。

　　5.disappointment n. 失望

　　to sb's disappointment 使某人失望的是……

　　A: I've decided to be a doctor, mom.

　　甲:媽媽，我決定當(dāng)醫(yī)生。

　　H: You've been a disappointment to your dad; he wanted you to be a lawyer.

　　乙:你一直令你爸爸失望;他想讓你當(dāng)律師。

　　6.dismay n./v. 沮喪

　　A: I noticed that he read his exam results with dismay.

　　甲:我往意到他沮喪地看著自己的考試成績。

　　B: Did he say why he had failed the exam?

　　乙:他說沒說為什么考試沒及格?

　　7.doom v. 注定，使遭惡運

　　A: I have a feeling that they're doomed.

　　甲:我覺得他們注定要失敗。

　　B: They're hopeless.

　　乙:真是無可救藥了。

　　8.get one's hopes too high 期望值過高

　　A: Could they pass their driving test?

　　甲:他們能通過駕駛考試嗎?

　　B: Well，don't get your hopes too high.

　　乙:你不要期望得太高。

　　9.gloomy a. 抑郁的，悲觀的

　　A: What do you think of his economic forecast?

　　甲:你覺得他對經(jīng)濟的預(yù)測怎么樣?

　　B: I don't. like such a gloomy forecast.

　　乙:我不喜歡這樣悲觀的預(yù)測。

　　10.happy-go-lucky 樂天的，無憂無慮的

　　A: Maybe Peter doesn't take life seriously. He always seems to be happy-go-lucky.

　　甲:也許他對待生活不嚴(yán)肅認真。彼德好像總是無優(yōu)無慮的。

　　B : Yes, he never seems to have anything to worry about. He's always carefree.

　　乙:是的，他好像從來沒有什么可擔(dān)優(yōu)的。他總是無優(yōu)無慮的。

　　11.hold out too mach hope for 抱很大希望

　　A: I don't hold out too much hope for bonus this year.

　　甲:我對本年度獎金不抱多大希望。

　　B: Neither do I.

　　乙:我也是。

　　12.letdown n. 失望

　　A: The ending of the story was a real letdown.

　　甲:故事的結(jié)局真令人失望。

　　B: It's a waste of time to see such a film.

　　乙:看這樣的電影真是浪費時間。

　　13.optimistic a. 樂觀的，樂觀主義的

　　A: What do you think of the future of your country?

　　甲:你覺得你們國家的前途怎么樣?

　　B: I'm optimistic about the country's economic future though it has beets affected by the economic crisis of Southeast Asia.

　　乙:我們國家雖然受到東南亞經(jīng)濟危機的影響，但我對我們國家的經(jīng)濟前途持樂觀態(tài)度。

　　14.pessimistic a. 悲觀的

　　A: Are you sure of getting the well-paid job?

　　甲:你確信能得到那份高薪的工作嗎?

　　B: No, I'm still pessimistic about my chances of getting it.

　　乙:不，我對于自己能否得到那份工作還很悲觀。