情景对话：

A: You seem to be on edge. What's the matter?

你似乎有点紧张，什么事？

B: I'm having an exam tomorrow. Tt worries me stiff.

我明天要考试了，真让我着急。

A: Take it easy and do not treat it so seriously, or you can't get rid of the jitters.

放松点，别把这看得太严重，否则你就摆脱不了紧张的心理。

B: I know, but I still can't help feeling nervous.

我知道，可是我控制不了这种情绪。

一， 词海拾贝

take it easy

exp. To be (more) cautious, calm, or gentle. （放松）

I told John to take it easy and stop worrying about everything.

我告诉约翰要放轻松，不要担心一切。

e.g. Sue: Then I want you to move the piano and turn all the mattresses.

我邀你挪动钢琴和把所有的床垫都翻转过去。

Andy: Come on. Take it easy! I'm not made of steel, you know.

得了吧，你冷静点！我又不是钢铁做的。

e.g. Henry: Oh, I'm pooped.

哦，我筋疲力尽了。

Alice: You just need a little rest and you'll feel as good as new. Just take it easy.

你只需要稍微休息一下，你就会感觉精神焕发，就是放轻松点。

二， 语汇积累

1. on edge：紧张，急切

e.g. She was not on edge untill she heard that he was safe.

她听到他安然无恙才放下心来。

e.g. Everywhere was quiet again around the factory but the atmosphere was still tense and everyone was on edge. （子夜）

厂里厂外现在又平静了，但是氛围依旧紧张，人们的心也紧张。

e.g. I've been on edge all day long, waiting for that telephone call from my boyfriend.

我一整天都紧张不安，在等那个男友的电话。

2. get rid of：摆脱，除去

e.g. I have rather a bad cough that I can't get rid of.

我咳嗽得相当厉害，老也不好。

e.g. He would get rid of Rogers and Laird at the earliest opportunity.

只要有机会，他就会尽早抛弃罗杰斯和莱尔德。

3. treat something seriously：严重看待……，把……看得很严重，认真对待…….

e.g. He is a playboy and he's never treated any girls seriously.

他是个花花公子，从没对哪个女孩子认真过。

e.g. The chairman treats the letters the people send in seriously.

主席认真对待民众的来信。

4. cannot help doing：禁不住做……

e.g. She cannot help associating the house with a scene of violent death.

她不禁想起这房子里出过凶杀案。

e.g. Parents cannot help concerning themselves in school affairs.

家长不能不关心学校事务。

e.g. I cannot help being poor.

我是穷，可是没有办法呀！