迷你對話學地道口語第期:使人放心

Dialogue：

A: I've been worried about the examination's results all afternoon.

我整個下午都爲考試結果擔心。

B: Don't be silly. I think you must have passed.

別傻了，你一定會通過的。

A: I'm not sure.

我沒把握。

B: You can call the teacher to ask about it, and it will put your mind at rest.

你可以打電話問問老師，那樣的話，你就放心了。

一， 詞海拾貝

put one’s mind at rest

exp. To reduce or remove one's worry, anxiety, dread, fear, etc.（減輕或消除某人的憂慮、焦慮、恐懼、恐懼等；使人不再擔心；使人放心）

e.g. I know you're anxious to hear how your father is doing after the surgery, so let me put your mind at rest—he's going to make a full recovery.

我知道你急於想知道你父親手術後的情況，所以我告訴你他會完全康復的，這樣你會放心了。

e.g. That bonus really put my mind at rest about these debts.

這筆獎金確實使我對這些債務放心了。

e.g. You can put your heart at rest with regard to your daughter's prospects for I will provide everything she needs for her.

你可以對你女兒的前程放心——我會給她提供她所需要的一切。

二， 語彙積累

1. ask about：詢問了解……的情況

e.g. He went to the station to ask about the trains.

他到火車站卻瞭解火車情況。

e.g. I wasn' t expecting the interviewer to ask about my private life and was left floundering for a while.

我沒想到主持面試的人問我私生活的事, 就猶豫了一下。

2. be worried about：因……擔憂

e.g. You're obviously worried about something; why not get it off your chest?

你顯然有心事, 何不一吐爲快？

e.g. I am worried about how things are going.

我對事業的進展感到擔心。

3. all afternoon：整個下午

e.g. It showered off and on all afternoon.

整個下午斷斷續續地下着陣雨。

e.g. She remained in her office all afternoon.

她整個下午沒有離開辦公室。