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Errr, Feifei are you OK? You don't sound as cheerful as normal.
额，菲菲，你还好吗？你的声音听起来不像平常那么愉快。
I feel terrible today - I've got a headache, feel really tired..
我今天感觉很糟糕，我头疼，感觉非常累。
I think I'm developing flu. I'm going to take these paracetamol tablets.
我想我患流感了。我要吃些对乙酰氨基酚片。
Hold on Feifei. Are you sure you're getting flu? This hasn't got anything to do with that job promotion you didn't get?
等一下，菲菲。你确定你是要感冒吗？和你没能晋升没有关系？
Of course not.. well maybe a little.
当然没有关系了……可能有一点儿关系吧。
Hmm, I know you wanted that promotion so much but Daisy got it instead didn't she?
嗯，我知道你非常想获得晋升，不过升迁的是黛西，对吧？
Exactly - and I've been working here much longer than her and I have loads more experience. It's so unfair!
没错，我在公司工作的时间比她长，我的经验更多。这太不公平了！
I know... it's a bitter pill to swallow.
我知道……这是难以下咽的苦果。
Thanks for the advice but even if these tablets - or pills - are bitter, they'll make me feel better - now can you show me some more sympathy about my promotion please?
谢谢你的建议，不过虽然这些药片很苦，但是它们能让我感觉好些，现在请你对我没有晋升表达下同情，好吗？
I was trying to Feifei!
我有啊，菲菲！
When I said 'it's a bitter pill to swallow' I really meant it's a situation that is unpleasant and difficult to accept.
我刚才说it's a bitter pill to swallow的意思就是说这是很难接受的情况。
OK, I see! You're saying I'm finding Daisy's promotion hard to accept?
好，我明白了！你是说我觉得戴西的晋升很难接受？
Yes, It's tough Feifei but that's the way things are.
菲菲，是很难，不过现实就是这样。
Let's hear some more examples of this phrase in action..
我们来听些例句，看看这个短语如何应用。
When John found out about his wife's affair with his best friend, it was a bitter pill to swallow.
约翰发现他的妻子和他最好的朋友有染，这真是难以下咽的苦果。
It was a bitter pill to swallow knowing that my older sister finished the race quicker than me.
知道我姐姐比我更快完成比赛，真是令人难以接受。
My friend has booked the same flights as me for half the price - it's a bitter pill to swallow!
我朋友以一半的价格定了和我一样的航班，这真让人难以接受！
第二遍，请跟读：Errr, Feifei are you OK? You don't sound as cheerful as normal.
额，菲菲，你还好吗？你的声音听起来不像平常那么愉快。
I feel terrible today - I've got a headache, feel really tired..
我今天感觉很糟糕，我头疼，感觉非常累。
I think I'm developing flu. I'm going to take these paracetamol tablets.
我想我患流感了。我要吃些对乙酰氨基酚片。
Hold on Feifei. Are you sure you're getting flu? This hasn't got anything to do with that job promotion you didn't get?
等一下，菲菲。你确定你是要感冒吗？和你没能晋升没有关系？
Of course not.. well maybe a little.
当然没有关系了……可能有一点儿关系吧。
Hmm, I know you wanted that promotion so much but Daisy got it instead didn't she?
嗯，我知道你非常想获得晋升，不过升迁的是黛西，对吧？
Exactly - and I've been working here much longer than her and I have loads more experience. It's so unfair!
没错，我在公司工作的时间比她长，我的经验更多。这太不公平了！
I know... it's a bitter pill to swallow.
我知道……这是难以下咽的苦果。
Thanks for the advice but even if these tablets - or pills - are bitter, they'll make me feel better - now can you show me some more sympathy about my promotion please?
谢谢你的建议，不过虽然这些药片很苦，但是它们能让我感觉好些，现在请你对我没有晋升表达下同情，好吗？
I was trying to Feifei!
我有啊，菲菲！
When I said 'it's a bitter pill to swallow' I really meant it's a situation that is unpleasant and difficult to accept.
我刚才说it's a bitter pill to swallow的意思就是说这是很难接受的情况。
OK, I see! You're saying I'm finding Daisy's promotion hard to accept?
好，我明白了！你是说我觉得戴西的晋升很难接受？
Yes, It's tough Feifei but that's the way things are.
菲菲，是很难，不过现实就是这样。
Let's hear some more examples of this phrase in action..
我们来听些例句，看看这个短语如何应用。
When John found out about his wife's affair with his best friend, it was a bitter pill to swallow.
约翰发现他的妻子和他最好的朋友有染，这真是难以下咽的苦果。
It was a bitter pill to swallow knowing that my older sister finished the race quicker than me.
知道我姐姐比我更快完成比赛，真是令人难以接受。
My friend has booked the same flights as me for half the price - it's a bitter pill to swallow!
我朋友以一半的价格定了和我一样的航班，这真让人难以接受！
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