VOA慢速英語(yǔ):呼...足夠冷丫（寒冷相關(guān)的詞匯）

Brrrrrrrr! Cold Enough For Ya?
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.

現(xiàn)在是美國(guó)之音慢速英語(yǔ)詞匯掌故節(jié)目。

Cold weather has a great effect on how our minds and our bodies work. Maybe that is why there are so many expressions that use the word cold.

寒冷天氣會(huì)對(duì)我們的頭腦和身體產(chǎn)生很大影響?？赡苓@就是許多短語(yǔ)使用cold這個(gè)單詞的原因。

For centuries, the body’s blood has been linked closely with the emotions. People who show no human emotions or feelings, for example, are said to be cold-blooded. Cold-blooded people act in cruel ways. They may do brutal things to others, and not by accident.

數(shù)百年來(lái)人體血液都和情感緊密相連。例如，沒有任何人類情感或感受的人被稱作冷血(cold-blooded)。冷血的人行事殘酷，他們可能對(duì)其他人做出非常殘暴的事情，而且并非出自偶然。

For example, a newspaper says the police are searching for a cold-blooded killer. The killer murdered someone, not in self-defense, or because he was reacting to anger or fear. He seemed to kill for no reason, and with no emotion, as if taking someone’s life meant nothing.

例如報(bào)紙上說(shuō)，警察正在搜捕一位冷血?dú)⑹?。這名殺手謀殺了某個(gè)人，不是出自自衛(wèi)，也不是因?yàn)樗麑?duì)憤怒或恐懼做出的反應(yīng)。他殺人貌似沒有任何理由，沒有任何感情，似乎奪走別人生命對(duì)他來(lái)說(shuō)不意味著任何東西。

Cold can affect other parts of the body. The feet, for example. Heavy socks can warm your feet, if your feet are really cold. But there is an expression -- to get cold feet -- that has nothing to do with cold or your feet.

寒冷也會(huì)影響到身體其他部位。例如，腳。如果你雙腳冰冷，厚襪子可以溫暖它。但to get cold feet這個(gè)短語(yǔ)和寒冷以及你的雙腳沒有任何關(guān)系。

The expression means being afraid to do something you had decided to do. For example, you agree to be president of an organization. But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned. All the work of the organization will be your responsibility. You are likely to get cold feet about being president when you understand the situation.

這個(gè)短語(yǔ)的意思是臨陣退縮。例如，你同意擔(dān)任某個(gè)組織的總裁。但隨后你獲悉其他所有人員都已經(jīng)辭職。該組織所有工作都落到你身上。當(dāng)你了解到這一形勢(shì)后，你可能會(huì)在做總裁這事上臨陣退縮。

Cold can also affect your shoulder.

寒冷也會(huì)影響到你的肩膀。

You give someone the cold shoulder when you refuse to speak to them. You treat them in a distant, cold way. The expression probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face-to-face. You may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you. Or, to someone who has lied about you to others.

當(dāng)你拒絕和某人說(shuō)話時(shí)，你就冷落了某人(give someone the cold shoulder)。你對(duì)待他們非常疏遠(yuǎn)、冷淡。這個(gè)短語(yǔ)可能出自這樣一種舉動(dòng)，你不想和某人面對(duì)面講話時(shí)，你會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)去背對(duì)著他。當(dāng)朋友未能遵守承諾時(shí)，你可能會(huì)冷落他?；蛘吣憧赡軙?huì)冷落對(duì)他人編造關(guān)于你的謊言的人。

A cold fish is not a fish. It is a person. But it is a person who is unfriendly, unemotional and shows no love or warmth. A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone.

Cold fish(冷漠的人，冷血?jiǎng)游?不是指魚，而是指不友好、沒感情、沒愛心或熱情的人。這種人不會(huì)給他人提供太多幫助。

Someone who is a cold fish could be cold-hearted. Now a cold-hearted person is someone who has no sympathy. Several popular songs in recent years were about cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feeling, broke the hearts of their lovers.

這種人可能非常無(wú)情(cold-hearted)。無(wú)情的人是指沒有同情心的人。今年來(lái)一些膾炙人口的歌曲唱的就是這種毫無(wú)感情的無(wú)情男女傷害了他們愛人的心。

Out in the cold is an expression often heard. It means not getting something that everybody else got. A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise, that he was left out in the cold. And it is not a pleasant place to be.

Out in the cold(被忽視)是經(jīng)常聽到的一個(gè)短語(yǔ)，意思是指沒有得到其他人獲得的東西。一個(gè)人可能會(huì)說(shuō)，除了他之外，所有人都加薪了。他被忽視了。處于這種境地不是很愉快。