迷你對話學地道口語第243期:微不足道 輕描淡寫

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該節目中的迷你對話精選自口語書籍，其餘講解部分均爲。

迷你對話：

A: I really don’t understand my parents. They always make light of my worries.

我真不理解我的父母，他們總是把我的煩惱看得微不足道。

B: They think you are just a child.

他們認爲你只是個孩子嘛。

A: But the child has his own feeling.

可是孩子也有自己的感情啊！

B: Maybe you are right. Well, you can talk with them.

也許你說得對，那麼可以和他們談談嘛。

地道表達：

make light of：不重視某事，輕視某事

支持範例：

You make light of your troubles but I know you are in difficulty.

你對你的麻煩事滿不在乎，但我知道你有困難。

We should not make light of his illness.

我們不要對他的病情估計不足。

We should not make light of the present situation.

我們不要低估目前的形式。

詞海拾貝：

talk with sb：和......交談

Eg. I, indeed, talked comparatively little, but I heard him talk with relish.

我固然談得比較少，可是我興致勃勃地聽他談。

Eg. You can talk with my deputy during my absence.

我不在時，你可與我的代理人談。

Eg. I'd like to talk with your sale manager about something troublesome.

我想同你們銷售經理談點麻煩事。