英语口语情景词汇学习 个人情感表达 Unit 21: 同情和猜测

　　Situational Words and Phrases 情景词汇

　　1.awful a. 糟糕的，可怕的

　　A: His father just passed away.

　　甲:他父亲刚刚谢世。

　　B: How awful!

　　乙:太糟了!

　　2.compassion n. 同情

　　A: It's strange that the millionaire has compassion for the sick and poor.

　　甲:很奇怪，那百万富翁怜悯病人和穷人。

　　B: Maybe he has too much money!

　　乙:也许他有太多的钱!

　　3.condulence n. 吊慰，哀悼

　　A: You've my sincere condolences.

　　甲:请接受我真诚的安慰。

　　B: Thank you.

　　乙:谢谢。

　　4.dreadful a. 可怕的，令人不快的

　　A: He failed in business and killed himself.

　　甲:他买卖亏了本，自杀了。

　　B: Oh, what a dreadful thing to happen!

　　乙:哎呀，太糟糕了。

　　5.extend one's sympathy to sh. 向某人致以同情

　　A: I know schooling's irnpvrtant to me, but I have to quit school. My parents are suffering from poverty. They can't afford to pay this tuition.

　　甲:我知道上学对我很重要，但我不得不辍学。我父母在受贫穷之苦。他们交不起学费。

　　B: Oh，I'm sorry to hear that. Please extend my sympathy tv them.

　　乙:哦，听到这事我很难过。请向他们表示我的同情。

　　6.likely a./ad. 有可能的(地)

　　A: It seems hardly likely that they would agree with you.

　　甲:他们似乎不大可能同意你的观点。

　　B: I'll try my best to persuade them to aooept my view.

　　乙:我要尽力说服他们。

　　7.miracle n. 奇迹

　　A: I guess he'll fail the exam.

　　甲:我猜想他考试会不及格。

　　13: Maybe he'Il pass it by some miracle.

　　乙:也许他会侥幸通过。

　　8.one's heart goes out to sb. 非常同情某人

　　A: She failed the exam.

　　甲:她考试没及格。

　　B: My heart goes out to her.

　　乙:我很同情她。

　　9.possiblllty n. 可能性

　　A: Is there any possibility of their success?

　　甲:他们可能成功吗?

　　B: Absolutely.

　　乙:绝对有可能。

　　10.prediet v. 预言，推侧

　　A: They're. predicting a good harvest this year.

　　甲:据说今年会有好收成。

　　B: But I don't think so.

　　乙:我看未必。

　　11.probability n. 可能性

　　A: There is much probability that he carr he saved.

　　甲:很有可能他会获救。

　　B: I hope.

　　乙:但愿如此。

　　12.somewhat ad. 有几分，略，稍

　　A: You seem to be about forty or somewhat younger. Maybe thirty-six or so.

　　甲:你好像四十岁，或更年轻一点儿。也许三十六岁左右。

　　B: It's kind of you to say so. I'm no longer that young. I'm forty-six.

　　乙:谢谢你这么说。我不再那么年轻了。我四十六岁。

　　13.suppose v. 推想，以为，假想

　　A: I suppose he could have gone to Europe. But how did he obtain a visa to visit there?

　　甲:我推想他可能已经去了欧洲。可他是怎么弄到去那儿访问的签证的呢?

　　B: Maby he was lucky.

　　乙:也许他运气好吧。

　　14.sympathetic a. 有同情心的，体谅的

　　A: How do you like your boss?

　　甲:你觉得老板怎么样?

　　B: He's very sympathetic.

　　乙:他很有同情心。

　　15.sympathize v. 同情

　　A: I sympathise with the plight of the children whose parents ran't afford to send them to school.

　　甲:我非常同情那些孩子的境况，他们的父母供不起他们上学。

　　B: So do I.

　　乙:我也是。

　　16.take pity on 可怜，同情

　　A: How did you get wet all over?

　　甲:怎么搞得浑身都湿了?

　　B: I forgot to take an uinbreila and had to walk through the pouring rain until a kind driver took pity on me.

　　乙:我忘了带雨伞，一直在飘泼大雨中走着，直到有一个司机同情我(搭他的车回来)。