365天英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)大全交際口語(yǔ)篇:075.冷漠 Indifference

詳解慣用單句

冷　漠       _第1_節(jié) 態(tài)度表達(dá)       _第1_章 態(tài)度意愿

 

我對(duì)戲劇不感興趣。Opera is not my cup of tea.

= I’m not interested in opera.

★       opera [5RpErE] n. 戲曲，歌劇

 

我覺(jué)得這個(gè)很無(wú)聊。I think it’s boring.

★boring [5bC:riN] a. 令人厭煩的，無(wú)聊的

 

我不在乎。I don’t care.

○ I couldn’t care less.

    我毫不在乎。

○ I don’t know and I don’t care.

    我不知道，我也不在乎。

★ care [kZE] v. 在意

 

不管你說(shuō)什么，我都不關(guān)心。

I’m indifferent to whatever you want to say.

★  indifferent [in5difErEnt] a. 不關(guān)心的，冷漠的

★  whatever [wCt5evE] pron. 無(wú)論什么

 

我不介意。I don’t mind.

○ Either way. 怎么都行。

○ Whatever. 什么都行。

○ Up to you. 隨便你吧。

 

這不關(guān)我的事。It’s not my business.

= It has nothing to do with me.

 

他贏不贏對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)都一樣。

It doesn’t make any difference to me whether he wins or not.

○  Makes no difference. 這對(duì)我來(lái)講沒(méi)什么兩樣。

★  whether [5weTE] conj. 是否

 

誰(shuí)在乎啊？Who cares?

○  So what? 那又怎樣？

 

FUN 輕松：看圖

“Let me put my husband on. He's in charge of all our bad decision-making. ”

詳解實(shí)用對(duì)話

Expressing Indifference

Salesgirl：Would you like to see our new shirts?

Steve：Sorry, I’m not really that interested in those things.

Salesgirl：They are very nice, you know.

Steve：Really?

Salesgirl：And not expensive either^?.

Steve：Oh, I don’t care about that.

Salesgirl：Everybody’s buying them.

Steve：Are they?

Salesgirl：Yes, they are very fashionable, you see.

Steve：I’m afraid I’m not interested in^? fashion. There are so many other really important things in the world. Fashion seems so truly…unimportant.

Salesgirl：I see. But looking professional is important. If you don’t look good, people will think you are not a good or smart person and they might not trust you either.

Steve：But thank you very much all the same^?.

Salesgirl：Sorry. I couldn’t help you.

 

表示冷漠

女店員：您要看看我們的新款襯衣嗎？

史蒂夫：不好意思，我對(duì)那些東西不是很感興趣。

女店員：您知道，這些襯衣非常不錯(cuò)。

史蒂夫：是嗎？

女店員：并且還不貴。

史蒂夫：哦，我不關(guān)心這個(gè)。

女店員：很多人都在買。

史蒂夫：是嗎？

女店員：是的，您看，它們很時(shí)尚的。

史蒂夫：恐怕我對(duì)時(shí)尚可不感興趣。世界上有很多真正重要的事情。時(shí)尚其實(shí)真的…不重要。

女店員：我知道。但著裝職業(yè)化也是很重要的。如果外表不好的話，人們會(huì)認(rèn)為你不是一個(gè)好人或者不是一個(gè)聰明的人，他們也不會(huì)信任你。