Oral English Training-Conflict,Comfort

 

Oral English Training-Conflict,Comfort

1.                 conflict

l         Got to a boiling point(沸点)

l         Escalate:逐渐上升，escalating，升级

l         Cold war

l         A conflict is brewing：正在酝酿，a storm is brewing

2.                 comfort

l         Put yourself in his shoes:stand from his point of view

l         Go to the balcony：去阳台

l         Paraphrase:解释

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l         Build a golden bridge

3.                 go to the balcony

l         I can’t think straight right now：我无法清醒的思考问题

l         Can we talk about this late?

l         You need to give me some time on this.

l         I am really upset and we’ll probably say things that we’ll regret late.

l         You need to give me some time to gather my thought on this.

4.                 comforting

l         That’s just terrible, I am really sorry to hear that.

l         If I were you, I would be feeling the same way.

l         I can really relate with you.我感同身受

5.                 paraphrase

l         Let me see if I understand you correctly.

l         Let me repeat what you said.

l         Let me get this straight, you saying that…..