365天英語口語大全交際口語篇:081.擔心與憂慮 Worry and Concern
詳解慣用單句
擔心與憂慮 第1節(jié) 態(tài)度表達 第1章 態(tài)度意愿
一想到面試我就心慌。I’m really in a flap about the interview.
★ flap [flAp] n. 慌亂（狀態(tài)）
我感覺如坐針氈。I’m on tenterhooks.
= I’m on pins and needles.
★ tenterhook [5tentEhuk] n. 張布鉤
● on tenterhooks = on pins and needles“焦慮不安”
我愁得睡不著覺。Worrying kept me awake.
★ awake [E5weik] a. 醒著的
我心亂如麻。I’m a bundle of nerves.
● a bundle of nerves“神經極度緊張的人”
我在想會是什么事。I wonder what it could be.
○ I guess something came up. 我猜肯定發(fā)生什么事了。
我很擔憂。I’m really anxious.
= I’m very worried.
★ anxious [5ANkFEs] a. 憂慮的，擔心的
我再也受不了了。I can’t take it anymore.
= I can’t bear it anymore.
= I can’t deal with this anymore.
= I can’t take another problem.
你的所作所為讓我很擔心。I’m anxious about what you did.
= What you did makes me anxious.
= I feel great anxiety about what you did.
★ anxiety [AN^5zaiEti] n. 憂慮，焦慮，擔心（其形容詞為anxious）
我靜不下心來。I can’t calm down.
○ I can’t control myself. 我控制不住自己。
○ I can’t relax. 我放松不下來。
★ control [kEn5trEul] v. 控制
我快要瘋了。I’m going nuts.
= I’m going crazy.
★ nuts [nQts] a. 發(fā)狂的，發(fā)瘋的
FUN 輕松：看圖
“In retrospect, I could have done more with my lives.”
詳解實用對話
Worry
Rose：Has Alan shown up? yet?
Jack：No, not yet. I guess something came up?. He’ll call soon enough to let us know what’s going on. He’s good that way.
Rose：I wonder what it could be.
Jack：I don’t know. I hope it’s nothing serious.
Rose：Last week his sister was admitted to the hospital.
Jack：What happened?
Rose：She was in a serious car accident. She was hurt pretty badly. They thought she was going to die.
Jack：How is she now?
Rose：She fell into a coma?... The doctors aren’t too hopeful. But I hope they’re wrong.
Jack：Poor? Alan. He’s going nuts. His sister is all he has left; his parents died last year.
Rose：Yes, he has been through a lot in the last year. I hope his luck changes soon. Maybe his sister will pull through?.
擔 憂
羅絲：艾倫露面了嗎？
杰克：沒有，還沒露面。我猜肯定發(fā)生什么事了。他應該會打電話告訴我們的。要是那樣就好了。
羅絲：我在想會是什么事。
杰克：我也不知道。希望不是什么嚴重的事情。
羅絲：上星期他姐姐住院了。
杰克：怎么回事??？
羅絲：他姐姐出了車禍，傷得很嚴重。他們都覺得她快不行了。
杰克：那她現(xiàn)在怎么樣？
羅絲：她已經昏迷了。醫(yī)生覺得沒有太大希望了。不過我希望他們的判斷是錯的。
杰克：可憐的艾倫。他都快要發(fā)瘋了。他姐姐可是他惟一的親人了，他父母去年剛去世。
羅絲：是啊，他去年經歷得太多了。我希望他能時來運轉。也許他姐姐能挺過來呢。
詳細解說
?“show up”的意思是“露面，出席”，例如
