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Faith在线口语课堂第六课
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谈论人，描述人 Describing People
1． Jane is a pain to work with.
a pain to work with 在一起共事很痛苦
2. I get fed up with Jerry lately; he’s really unreasonable about our workload.
Get fed up with somebody 厌烦某人了
Be unreasonable about something 对某事太过分
Workload 工作量
3. John is lacking in experience, he’s just out of college, and a little bit green.
Be lacking in 缺乏
Be out of college 从大学毕业（出校园）
Green 形容人还很嫩，没经验
4. Mary always stays on budget, Jessica, on the other hand, spends her husband’s money like there’s no tomorrow.
Stay on budget 花钱控制在预算内
On the other hand 相反
Spend money like there’s no tomorrow花钱如流水
5. Kevin is a very dynamic person, full of enthusiasm and passion.
Dynamic 主动的，进取的
（be） Full of 充满
Enthusiasm活力
Passion 热情，激情
Positive person – someone who looks on the bright side of a situation
A positive person is someone who is often in a good mood regardless of their circumstances. If something goes wrong, a positive person will look for something good about the situation and how to make it better.
Apathetic – Someone who is unemotional or uninterested in something
A person is usually apathetic about certain things. Someone might be very apathetic about politics for example. Some people are apathetic about improving their lives.
Moody - Someone who’s mood changes frequently and easily. This word is used in a negative way and talks about people who can get into a bad mood very quickly over a small thing.
A moody person will often be happy for a while and then all of a sudden change to a bad mood because they get hungry, or the traffic is bad, or someone says something they don’t like.
Arrogant – acting like you think you are better than other people.
Someone who is arrogant might say something like, “I can’t believe you don’t know how to do that.” Often it is not what an arrogant person says but just how they act that makes you think they are arrogant.
Complacent – Content to a fault. When you are easily satisfied and have little motivation to improve.
Someone who is happy doing ok in school but not their best is complacent. Basically, anyone who could improve but is happy staying at the same level is complacent. This word is used in a negative way.
Snobby – Someone who ignores or looks down upon people they feel are inferior in some way.
Someone who is snobby will not want to talk with anyone who they feel is inferior in some way. A very snobby person might act rude to you because you aren’t wearing nice shoes or don’t have an expensive cell phone. You could say, “don’t be so snobby”, or “You are acting like a snob”.
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