表達有關的刻薄的英語口語情景對話

A: Did you see that new horror movie?

B: Yeah, the killer was completely unfeeling. He even killed old ladies!

A: I guess some people just have a savage desire to kill.

A:你看那部新的恐怖電影了嗎?

B:看了，那個殺手真是慘無人道，連老太太都殺。

A:我想有些人就是由野蠻的殺人慾望。

【語言點精講】

horror movie:恐怖片，恐怖電影。

unfeeling:無情的，硬心腸的，殘酷的。

savage:殘酷的.，野蠻的。

1

A: That man is so ruthless. I hear he fired half of his staff on the last Friday before Christmas.

B: I also hear he took all the money the company saved and bought a house in California.

A:那個人真是無情，我聽説他在聖誕節前的那個星期五解僱了一半的僱員。

B:我還聽説他拿了公司所有的錢，在加利福尼亞買了棟房子。

2

A: Boy, that woman has a real sharp tongue.

B: I know, she can say some really cutting and hurtful things when she is angry.

A:天哪，那女人真是尖酸刻薄。

B:我知道，她生氣時説出來的話很傷人。

【語言點精講】

ruthless:無同情心的;冷酷的;殘忍的。

staff:全體員工。這是個集合名詞，不用複數。

sharp: (話語或脾氣)尖酸的，尖鋭的。

cutting:傷人感情的;尖刻的，挖苦的。

hurtful:傷人的。