Daily Life - Cheer Up(0135)

A:

Ok... I'll talk to you later. Bye

B:

Carrie, are you ok? You seem a bit down.

A:

I just got off the phone with my boyfriend. He is always getting upset and losing his temper over nothing. It's so hard to talk to him at times.

B:

Maybe it's just that he is stressed out from work or something. He does have a pretty nerve wracking job you know.

A:

Yeah but, he is always in a really foul mood. I try to find out what's bothering him or get him to talk about his day but, he always shuts down and brushes me off.

B:

Men are like that you know. They can feel nervous, anxious or on edge and the only way they can express it is by trying to hide it through aggressiveness.

A:

I guess you are right. What do you think I should do? He wasn't always this grouchy you know...

B:

Talk to him, try to cheer him up when he is down and if that doesn't work, I say get rid of him and get a new one!

A:

You are something else you know that?

Key Vocabulary

down

Adjective

sad or unhappy

stress out

principle verb, past simple

to feel very worried or anxious

nerve wracking

Adjective

causing a person to feel very nervous

brush me off

principle verb, present simple

refuse to talk about something with someone

cheer up

principle verb, infinitive

to make (someone) happier

Supplementary Vocabulary

down in the dumps

phrase

feeling sad, not happy

have the blues

phrase

having sad feelings or emotions

rattled

principle verb, past simple

to fluster, unnerve

grinds my gears

phrase

makes me angry, upsets me

pissed off

phrase

upset, very angry