四级英语口语练习：致命的弱点

 示例对话
　　A: Smith is always careless, it is his Achilles’s heel .
　　史密斯总是太粗心了，这是他性格上致命的弱点。
　　B: He would get very angry if anyone criticized him.
　　如果你批评他这点，他就会生气。
　　A: He will burn his fingers.
　　他会吃苦头的。
　　B: If only he knew it.
　　要是他知道她这点就好了。
　　对话解析
　　地道表达
　　【 核心短语 】Achille’s heel：唯一致命的要点
　　【 典型范例1 】He would be an excellent candidate for the position. He has energy and knowledge. But he has got an Achilles heel——his Bad temper.
　　他本来可以成为这个职位的理想人选，他精力充沛，知识丰富。但他有一个致命的弱点——脾气很坏。
　　【 典型范例2 】Milutinovic did not take long to identify his team's Achilles heel.
　　米卢蒂诺维奇没花多长时问就诊断出了中国队的致命弱点。
　　词海拾贝
　　burn one’s fingers：碰钉子 ; 吃亏上当 ; 因管闲事而吃苦头
　　【典型范例1 】Gain got by a lie will burn his fingers.
　　靠欺骗得来的利益会使我自己受害。
　　【典型范例2 】He burnt his fingers, dabbling in the stock-market.
　　他在证券市场胡乱买卖而大吃苦头。
　　【 典型范例3 】Mind your own business, or you'll burn your fingers.
　　少管闲事,要不你会吃苦头的。
　　【 典型范例4 】If you invest in that company, you'll burn your fingers.
       如果你投资给那家公司，无异是自寻烦恼