英语趣味课堂： 星座：Zodiac

Todd: Hello, Jessica.

Jessica: Hi, Todd.

Todd: Jessica, when were you born?

Jessica: I was born October 6th, 1981.

Jessica: Wow, 1981

Jessica: Yeah, that's right.

Todd: Man, you're young. Whoo! I'm an old guy.

Jessica: I'm 22 so.

Todd: Wow! My birthday is October 2nd, 1969, so we have over 10 years between us.

Jessica: Yeah, that's right.

Todd: OK, so we're both libras.

Jessica: Right.

Todd: Actually, I don't even know, what is libra? People say, oh, you're a libra? What does that mean?

Jessica: Well, Libra I think is just balance. Right, so we don't, we're not extreme, neither one way nor another, so we keep that kind of happy medium all the time and we don't ever freak out and we're just kind of mellow. Just very equal.

Todd: OK. So were very mellow, very equal.

Jessica: I think so. Kind of a nice equilibrium.

Todd: OK, well you've worked with me awhile. Am I mellow?

Jessica: I don't know. Yeah, I think so I think so

Todd: Maybe not, maybe not

Jessica: I think so, yeah, no, definitely.

Todd: Maybe I go against the sign.

Jessica: Right

Todd: OK, how about you? Are you mellow?

Jessica: I think so. When it comes, cause I don't tend to go one extreme or the other. Just kind of straight off.

Todd: Even keel.

Jessica: That's right.

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freak out

Libras are not extreme and don't freak out.

When you 'freak out' about something you lose control of your emotions and become overly angry, excited, stressed or frustrated6. Notice the following:

My boss freaks out anytime someone makes a mistake.

I know she is going to freak out when she hears about this.

equilibrium

It's kind of a nice equilibrium.

An 'equilibrium' is a balance between two opposite forces. Notice the following:

She is good at keeping an equilibrium between work and fun.

He has never really had a good equilibrium in his life. All he does is work.

mellow

Do you think I'm a mellow person?

A 'mellow' is very calm and doesn't get too excited or freak out about much. Notice the following:

Your baby is so mellow.

My dog is mellow and easy to have in the house.

tend

I don't tend to go one extreme or the other.

What you 'tend' to do is what you commonly, usually or naturally do. It is your tendency. Notice the following:

She tends to get stressed easily.

He tends to get angry quickly when he's tired.

straight off or even keel

I'm just kind of straight off, even keel.

Used like this 'straight off' refers to someone who is balanced or doesn't go too much in one direction or the other. 'Even keel' is very similar in meaning and could be used interchangeably. Notice the following:

I try to be straight off at work, but in my personal life I am easily excited.

She is a lot more even keel now then when she was younger.

1 extreme

adj.末端的，尽头的;极度的，极端的;n.极度，最大程度

参考例句：

She lived on the extreme edge of the forest.她住在森林的最边缘。

His views are rather extreme.他的见解相当偏激。

2 mellow

adj.柔和的;熟透的;v.变柔和;(使)成熟

参考例句：

These apples are mellow at this time of year.每年这时节，苹果就熟透了。

The colours become mellow as the sun went down.当太阳落山时，色彩变得柔和了。

3 equilibrium

n.平衡，均衡，相称，均势，平静

参考例句：

Change in the world around us disturbs our inner equilibrium.我们周围世界的变化扰乱了我们内心的平静。

This is best expressed in the form of an equilibrium constant.这最好用平衡常数的形式来表示。

4 definitely

adv.一定地，肯定地;明确地，确切地

参考例句：

The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。

I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

5 stressed

adj.紧张的，有压力的

参考例句：

Loud music makes me stressed out.大声的音乐让我很紧张。

He stressed that we should always be honest.他强调我们应该永远诚实。

6 frustrated

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 );挫败;使受挫折;令人沮丧

参考例句：

It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。

The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。