A: Okay, I'll talk to you later, bye.

好的，再聊，拜拜。

B: Carrie, are you okay? You seem a bit down.

凯丽，你还好吗？看起来有点儿失落。

A: I just got off the phone with my boyfriend. He is always getting upset and losing his temper over nothing. It's so hard to talk to him at times.

我刚刚跟男朋友打完电话，他总是很烦恼，动不动就生气。有时候跟他说话真辛苦。

B: Maybe it's just that he's stressed out from working or something. He does have a pretty nerve-wracking job you know.

他可能是工作或者其他事情压力太大了。你知道的，他的工作的确很烦人。

A: Yeah, but he's always in a really foul mood. I try to find out what's bothering him or get him to talk about his day, but he always shuts down and brushes me off.

是的，但是他总是心情很糟糕。我试着弄清楚他在烦什么，或是找他谈谈他的一天。但是他总是闭口不言，然后对我不理不睬。

B: Men are like that you know. They can feel nervous, anxious or on edge and the only way they can express it is by trying to hide it through aggressiveness.

你知道的，男人都那样。他们会紧张，焦虑或是烦躁不安。而他们唯一的发泄方式就是通过攻击性的言语来试图掩盖。

A: I guess you're right. What do you think I should do? He wasn't always this grouchy, you know.

我想你是对的，你觉得我该怎么做呢？你知道的，他也不总是这么闷闷不乐的。

B: Talk to him. Try to cheer him up when he is down and if that doesn't work, I say get rid of him and get a new one.

跟他谈谈，在他心情不好的时候，试着让他振作起来。如果没用的话，我想说，那就离开他吧，找个新男朋友。

A: You're something else, you know that?

你真是与众不同，你知道吗？

You seem a bit down.

你看起来心情不好。

down

心情低落的

例句:

I'm feeling down.

我心情不好。

I'm a bit down today.

今天我心情有点低落。

get off the phone

挂电话

例句：

Will you get off the phone? You've talked such a long time.

把电话挂了好吗？你已经讲了这么久了。

Sorry, I've got to get off the phone and get down to work.

对不起，我必须放下电话开始工作。

upset

难过的；沮丧的

例句：

You looked pretty upset just now.

你刚刚看起来很沮丧。

使...烦恼；使...不高兴

Don't let such thing upset you.

不要让这样的事情使自己不开心。

打乱；搅乱

He arrived an hour late and upset all our arrangements.

他迟到了一个小时，把我们的安排都打乱了。

lose one's temper

发脾气

例句：

She lost her temper with her son and shouted at him.

她对她儿子发火，冲他大喊大叫。

stressed out

紧张的；有压力的

例句：

When we're tired or stressed out, home is always a shelter for us to have a rest.

当我们疲惫不堪或者压力大时，家永远是我们休息的庇护所。

nerve-wracking

伤脑筋的；极端令人头疼的

foul

暴躁的

have/has a foul temper

be in s foul mood

例句：

My boss has a foul temper.

我的老板脾气暴躁。

She's in a foul mood.

她情绪很糟糕。

bother

使烦恼；

例句：

If it bothers you, I can change.

如果这件事使你烦恼，我可以改变。

brush sb off

不予理睬

例句：

When I tried to talk to her about it, she just brushed me off.

当我试图和她交谈时，她就是不理我。

on edge

紧张的；急切的

例句：

As the date gets closer, almost everybody's anxious and on edge.

随着日期越来越近，几乎每个都都焦虑和紧张。

If you're feeling on edge about what you need to do, don't let that stop you.

如果你对你要做的事情感到紧张，别让这种焦虑成为绊脚石。

grouchy

好抱怨的；好发牢骚的

例句：

Grouchy people are always complaining for no reason.

满腹牢骚的人总是毫无理由地抱怨。

get rid of

摆脱；除掉

例句：

I try to get rid of my parents.

我试图摆脱父母得控制。

I couldn't stop thinking about her. I can't get rid of her.

我不能停止想她，我戒不掉她。