gloomy types 阴沉的类型

Angry people sound like gloomy types.生气的人看起来像是典型阴沉的人

optimist /ˈɒptɪmɪst/ 乐观主义者

beneath that gruff surface 在冷漠的外表下

We certainly don't usually think of them as optimists, and yet beneath that gruff surface, they truly are much to their cost.

当然，我们通常不会认为他们是乐观主义者，然而在他们冷漠的外表下，他们是真的为此付出了很多的代价。

be furious /ˈfjʊəriəs/ =very angry 狂怒的；暴怒的

Here is Fred. He is often furious.

就拿佛瑞德来说，他经常大发雷霆。

He's been married to his wife Jane for 15 years.He's often told her not to interrupt him when he's reading the newspaper.She finds this prohibition annoying for some very good reasons.

他和太太珍妮结婚了15年。他经常告诉他的太太， 不要在他看报纸时打扰他。珍妮觉得这真是个讨厌人的规定，无论任何的理由。

is shouting  此刻大声咒骂

So tonight she's asked quite frankly when he'll get around to cooking dinner. Now fred is shouting because he is deep inside so hopeful.所以当晚佛瑞德正在看报纸时，珍妮很直接了当地问他甚么时候可以开始做晚餐。佛瑞德此刻大声咒骂，因为他的内心深处是抱着希望的。

loses small household items 遗失家里的小物件

Fred often loses small household items. Today he has lost his car keys.佛瑞德经常遗失家里的小物件。就在今天他找不到他的车钥匙。

ask sb.  in fury生气地责问

He is furious. "Where the hell have they gone!" He asks his family in fury.他勃然大怒。"我该死的车钥匙去了哪里?"他很生气的责问家人。

is deep inside so hopeful 内心深处是抱着希望的

Fred is shouting because he is deep inside so hopeful.佛瑞德大声咒骂因为他的内心深处是抱着希望的。

is delayed by four hours 延误了4个小时

Fred arrives at the airport.His flight is delayed by four hours.佛瑞德到了机场，他的班机延误了4个小时。

an outrage /ˈaʊtreɪdʒ/  一种侮辱

premium  /ˈpriːmiəm/ passengers 尊贵级乘客

It's an outrage especially as he's one of the airline's premium passengers.这简直就是一种侮辱，尤其对于他是此航空公司的尊贵会员之一而言。

go up to sb. 走向某人

He goes up to a young woman at the check-in desk and tells her exactly what he thinks. Fred is shouting because he is deep inside so hopeful.他直接到航空公司的报到柜台， 告诉年轻的服务他完全的想法。佛瑞德大声咒骂，因为他的内心深处是抱着希望的。

don't go astray /əˈstreɪ/ 不会乱跑

stubbornly and devotedly maintains a faith 固执地，一心一意地认为

Despite all the evidence Fred keeps encountering, he stubbornly and devotedly maintains a faith in a world in which his partner understands him, small household items don't go astray, airline schedules are more than a fiction.不管所有的证据显示了佛瑞德不断遭遇的事情，他还是固执的和一心一意的对这个世界抱持着信任，因为他的伙伴是了解他的家里的小东西是不会乱跑的航空公司的班机行程强过科幻小说。

All his experience stretching back many decades has not dampened the intensity of his crazed hopes and every time they're dashed, he screams.回顾过去几十年来，所有的经验并没有减低他对于抱持希望的疯狂程度 - 每次希望幻灭，他就大声尖叫。

remove the frustrations of his life 他生活中的挫败感

Fred will never be able to remove the frustrations of his life,but he could perhaps if he were wise with the help of philosophy learn to change what they mean to him.He might learn to accept reality for the sadder thing it truly is.佛瑞德永远不可能他生活中的挫败感，但是他可以，或许，如果他拥有对于求助哲理的智慧，学着从那些经验中所带给他的教训改变自己。他可能从真正比较悲哀的事情中学习接受什么是现实

He might take on board a series of dark truths about existence; that partners never understand one another very well, that we're constantly losing things that matter to us, and that travel is filled with delays.他可能接受一连串令人无法接受的事实真的存在;他和他的伙伴永远不会完全的了解彼此，我们会时常遗失我们所在意的东西，在旅行中延误会一直不断的发生

catastrophe  /kəˈtæstrəfi/  n. 大灾难；大祸；惨败

More broadly he might realize that life is outside of the odd brief sunny patch a sequence of disappointments, misunderstandings, sorrows, griefs, and eventually catastrophes.

更广泛的来说，他可能了解到人生是除了短暂的快乐时光，就是一连串无数的失望，误解，悲伤，不幸以及最终就是，灾难。

stamp on all his hopes 踩死他所有的希望

Fred could learn to get a lot less angry if only he learned to stamp on all his hopes more effectively.佛瑞德可以学习少生很多气 - 只要他学着更有效率地踩死他所有的希望

agitation /ˌædʒɪˈteɪʃn/ =[ U] worry and anxiety that you show by behaving in a nervous way 焦虑不安；忧虑；烦乱

 isn't permanent or unbudgeable/,ʌn'bʌdʒəbl/ 并非长期的和不可动摇的

Most of us are in many ways a little bit like fred, but our agitation isn't permanent or unbudgeable.

无论是甚么情况，大部分的人都和瑞德有点像，但是我们的焦虑不安并不是长期的，又或是没有弹性的。

the result of the sudden defeat of our expectations我们的期待受到突如其来的挫败所造成的

It's only the result of the sudden defeat of our expectations.

焦虑不安是由于我们的期待受到突如其来的挫败所造成的。

grow reliably calmer 心情变得更加稳定

get a lot less optimistic about how life might go 对于生活变得不太乐观

So in order to grow reliably calmer, we need to get a lot less optimistic about how life might go.

所以为了真正的增加心情稳定的人，我们需要需要寻找很多对于人生中充满质疑不太乐观的人。

一、适用对象

时间紧张，备考时间仅有一到两个月的学员。

学习能力、执行能力、自控能力较薄弱的学员。

备考时间较长，但多次考试分数都很低的学员。

二、学习目标

通过听、说、读、写、语法、词汇等模块的多媒体强化训练，达到应试通过的能力。

三、课程介绍

主流的出国留学英语考试为雅思、托福、SAT考试等。入学时我们会进行英语测试，根据测试结果，会安排经验丰富的教师教学，在保持学员原有优势的情况下，针对学员的薄弱点，着重讲解，使学员在短期内有大幅度提升。同时，我们会为每一位学员配备专业助教，根据学员在课堂上的学习情况以及进步程度，督促学员及时复习、掌握重点，定期还会进行一次检测，根据检测结果，合理安排以后的学习任务，为考试做好充分的准备。

四、适合人群

1、出国留学需要英语考试的学员。

2、喜欢英语，但学习方法、技巧掌握不好的学员。

3、能够自己学习，有自制力的学员。

4、喜欢团队学习，共同进步的学员。

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1、全程VIP学习

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4、配备助教：专业私人助教，督促学习，充分备考。