【绝望的主妇】“没有人想聘用说前老板坏话的员工。”
英语老师瑶瑶
【句子】I’m the guy who let Dennis bad-mouth his wife because I was afraid of making a scene. 【Desperate Housewives-S1E17】
【发音】[aɪm] [ðə] [gaɪ] [hu:] [let] [ˈdenɪs] [ˈbæd,maʊθ] [hɪz] [waɪf] [bɪˈkɒz]/[bɪˈkɑ:z] [aɪ] [wɒz]/[wɑ:z] [ə'freɪd] [əv] ['meɪkɪŋ] [ə] [si:n]
【发音技巧】let Dennis完全失去爆破；bad-mouth不完全失去爆破；was afraid of两处连读；making a连读；
【翻译】都是因为我不愿意吵架，所以我们才会听任Dennis说他妻子坏话。
【适用场合】
今天我们学习两个表达：
第一个：
bad-mouth
在这里作为动词使用，表示的意思是：
（背后）说某个人坏话；
If someone bad-mouths you, they say unpleasant things about you, especially when you are not there to defend yourself.
eg: Both men continually bad-mouthed each other.
这俩男的喋喋不休地互相说彼此的坏话。
eg: Stop bad-mouthing him all the time.
不要没完没了地批评他。
eg: No one wants to employ somebody who badmouths their former employer.
没有人想聘用那种说以前老板坏话的员工。
第二个：
make a scene
这里scene本意指的是场景，那这里这个短语一般都指的是：大吵大闹，制造混乱场面，引起别人围观；
to create a loud, typically angry display in public
eg: I’m sorry I made a scene.
抱歉我大闹了一场。
eg: Bob made a scene in the store when they refused to refund him for the broken television.
当店员拒绝为那个坏掉的电视机退款的时候，Bob在商店大闹了一场。
【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】
When Jim found a fly in his drink, he started to make a scene.
