美国习惯用语-第173讲:to keep one´s cool
<p>美国习惯用语-第173讲:<span word="to">to</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="one">one</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="cool">cool</span></p><p>我们曾经给大家讲过几个形容人们发火、愤怒的习惯用语。今天我们要给大家介绍两个意思完全相反的常用语。听众们大概都遇到过一些在什么情况下都能保持平静的人，甚至在大多数人都会发火的情况下他都能保持平静。我们今天要讲的习惯用语就是包含这个意思的。我们先来讲第一个：<span word="to">to</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="one">one</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="cool">cool</span>. 在一般的情况下，<span word="cool">cool</span>解释为：凉快或冷。但是，在这里，<span word="cool">cool</span>的意思是"冷静"。在某些情况下，有的人恐怕会气得捶胸垛脚，可是，有的人就能<span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="cool">cool</span>，也就是保持镇静。下面我们来给大家举一个例子。这是一个商店售货员在说他们的经理：</p><p>例句-1: <span word="It">It</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="polite">polite</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="store">store</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="manager">manager</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="manages">manages</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="cool">cool</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="dealing">dealing</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="rude">rude</span>, <span word="nasty">nasty</span> <span word="customers">customers</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="blow">blow</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="top">top</span>.</p><p>这个售货员说："要对一些到我们店里来的人很客气，那是很难的。有些很粗鲁、不讲道理的顾客真是会让我们大多数人火冒三丈。然而，我们的经理在对待这种人时总是能保持冷静。"</p><p>美国商店里的售货员，除了个别的以外，总的来说都比较客气。特别是那些靠佣金收入的售货员就更加如此了，因为他销售越多，收入也就增长，所以唯恐礼貌不周。当然，顾客和售货员发生冲突的事也会偶然发生。</p>
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