【迷你小对话】

　　A: My boss is a real hard-nosed kind of guy.

　　B: I know just the type. My boss was like that, too. I never bothered to ask her for anything because I knew she would say no, just out of spite.

　　A: 我老板真是个顽固不化的家伙。

　　B: 我了解这号人，我老板也是。我从来不求她任何事，因为我知道，她为了有意刁难就要说不行。

　　【语言点精讲】

　　hard-nosed: 顽固的;精明的;讲究实际的。

　　out of spite: 出于怨恨;出于恶意。