凱瑟琳升職記:入職篇之我要求加薪卻臨場(chǎng)退縮了
Tom為別的員工都升值加薪唯獨(dú)自己卻原地不動(dòng)感到不平，于是這天去找老板談話?？墒遣灰粫?huì)功夫就回來了，Catherine連忙湊過來，小聲問情況怎樣。Tom有氣無力地說：I was going to ask my boss for a raise but I got cold feet. Catherine不大明白，以為Tom腳出了問題，走不得路了。
Catherine: Your feet hurts? Have you seen a doctor?
凱瑟琳：你腳受傷了？看醫(yī)生了嗎？
Tom: My goodness! It's not me that need a doctor, it's you! You need a doctor to see your ears.
湯姆：老天哪！需要看醫(yī)生的不是我，而是你啊！你得請(qǐng)醫(yī)生看看耳朵！
Catherine: Haha, I was kidding you!
凱瑟琳：我跟你開玩笑的！
Tom: Anyway, I said "I got cold feet", it refers to a loss or lack of courage to do something, in other words, to be afraid.
湯姆：不管怎樣，我說的是I got cold feet，這個(gè)習(xí)語指的是喪失做某事的勇氣，換句話說，就是怕了。
I'm going to ask my boss for a raise but I got cold feet.我打算要求老板給我加薪，但我退縮了。
有人對(duì)一件事剛開始做的時(shí)候很有信心和把握，可是，事到臨頭就變得沒有勇氣了。在英文里有個(gè)俗語就是用來形容類似情況的，那就是cold feet。cold feet表面是說腳冷，實(shí)際上指的是臨場(chǎng)膽怯，好比站到講臺(tái)上了卻兩腿發(fā)麻不聽使喚了，這就是典型的get cold feet。例如：She got cold feet when asked to recite in class.當(dāng)她被叫起來在班上背誦時(shí)害怕了。
【英語情景劇】
Shirley：Honey, some of your colleagues have had a raise. What about you?
雪莉：親愛的，你的同事有的都加薪了，那你呢？
Benjamin：I was going to ask my boss for a raise but I got cold feet.
本杰明：我打算要求老板給我加薪，但我退縮了。
