【迷你小對話1】

A: Janet just asked Jack straight out what he’s planning to do next semester. She knows he failed all his classes!

B: I know. Jack has been completely apatheticsince he got his grades. He doesn’t care about his future at all.

A: 剛才Janet直接去問Jack他下學期打算怎么辦。她知道他一門考試都沒過！

B: 我知道。Jack知道他的分數后，一直無動于衷。他對自己的前途一點也不在乎。

【迷你小對話2】

A: Which puppy do you like?

B: I like the brown one there minding his own business. He’s completely indifferent to everything going on around him.

A: 你喜歡哪只小狗？

B: 我喜歡自顧自玩兒的那只棕色的小家伙。它對周圍的事兒毫不理會。

【語言點精講】

straight out :直截了當地說出來。

semester:學期。

apathetic:缺乏興趣的；無動于衷的；漠然的。

mind one’s own business:不管他人的事。

indifferent:不管興趣的；不關心的；淡漠的；無所謂的。