迷你对话

　　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。

　　对话精讲

　　第一、 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。

　　第二、 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。