Oral English Training-Conflict,Comfort
1. conflict
l Got to a boiling point(沸點(diǎn))
l Escalate:逐漸上升，escalating，升級
l Cold war
l A conflict is brewing：正在醞釀，a storm is brewing
2. comfort
l Put yourself in his shoes:stand from his point of view
l Go to the balcony：去陽臺
l Paraphrase:解釋
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l Build a golden bridge
3. go to the balcony
l I can’t think straight right now：我無法清醒的思考問題
l Can we talk about this late?
l You need to give me some time on this.
l I am really upset and we’ll probably say things that we’ll regret late.
l You need to give me some time to gather my thought on this.
4. comforting
l That’s just terrible, I am really sorry to hear that.
l If I were you, I would be feeling the same way.
l I can really relate with you.我感同身受
5. paraphrase
l Let me see if I understand you correctly.
l Let me repeat what you said.
l Let me get this straight, you saying that…..