Larry下班后跟李華一起吃晚飯，跟她講他老板發(fā)火的事情。

LH: Larry, 今天上班忙嗎?

LL: Well, to be honest Li Hua, it was a bit stressful. One of our ad campaigns was not successful and my boss had a total meltdown. He is such a hothead.

LH: A hothead? 你是說(shuō)老板性情急躁，動(dòng)不動(dòng)就發(fā)脾氣嗎?

LL: Yes, exactly, a hothead means someone who gets very angry very quickly. When something makes a hothead mad, you absolutely do not want to be around him.

LH: 沒(méi)錯(cuò)，急脾氣的人要是生氣了，最好是離他們遠(yuǎn)點(diǎn)，否則一不小心就成了出氣筒。

LL: That is exactly right, a hothead can really be dangerous sometimes, though often they’ll just throw a tantrum and be done with it.

LH: 他們倒是出氣了，可旁邊的人卻要跟著倒霉。快說(shuō)說(shuō)，你們老板當(dāng)時(shí)什么反應(yīng)?

LL: Well, when he heard that the campaign was not successful, he blamed ME. He was such a hothead, he slammed down his coffee mug and broke it.

LH: 那咖啡還不灑得到處都是?

LL: It got all over his shirt. This got him even angrier.

LH: 太可怕了。我有個(gè)同學(xué)，就是典型的hothead。

LL: In what way, Li Hua?

LH: 比方說(shuō)吧，前不久他的一篇作文，教授只給了C，他氣得臉紅脖子粗，竟然把課本一下子扔到地上。He is such a hothead.

LL: Wow, what did your professor do?

LH: 教授當(dāng)時(shí)已經(jīng)走了，可教室里還有很多人，大家都沒(méi)想到他的脾氣如此暴躁。對(duì)了，剛才說(shuō)到一半，那你們老板是什么時(shí)候消的氣呢?

LL: He didn’t talk to anyone for the rest of the day. He just stormed off to his office. Because he was such a hothead, no one dared to knock on his door.

LH: 可想而知，辦公室里的氣氛肯定一天都好不了。

LL: Well, the afternoon actually turned out alright.

LH: Oh? And why was that?

LL: Once he stormed off, the boss was out of everyone’s hair for the rest of the day. It was pretty relaxing from there on out.