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如何避免吵架？

Don't give her the silent treatment

別跟她冷戰

The best technique to get what you want and exert mental pressure on somebody is to give them the silent treatment.

得到你想要的并且對某人施加心理壓力的最好方法就是跟他們冷戰。

If you think that the silent treatment will always help you achieve a desirable result, then you're mistaken.

不過，如果你認為沉默總能幫你達到想要的結果，那你就大錯特錯了。

Sure, your mom will refuse to interact with you as well. By all means, you should take immediate action to stop this cold war.

當然，你媽媽也會同樣拒絕跟你交流。不管用什么方法，你都應該立即采取行動，制止這場冷戰。

【知識點講解】

refuse to 拒絕

例句：

I've always had a loud mouth, I refuse to be silenced.

我一貫大聲說出自己的想法，不會迫于壓力而一言不發。

I refuse to act that way when my kids fight.

我的孩子們打起架來時，我不會那樣做。

Those who refuse to repent, he said, will be punished.

那些拒不悔改的人，他說，將會受到懲罰。

take actions 采取行動，

例句：

Those groups can take actions and mobilize their populations.

這些組織具有活動能力,可以動員群體人員.

However, we have to take actions right here and right now.

但時不待我, 此時此刻,需要立即采取切實的行動.

Do you take actions without thinking about the consequences?

你采取行動不考慮后果?

interact with 與…相互作用，與…相互影響； 與…相互配合；

例句：

After initiation, the youths started to interact with the older members.

入會儀式后，這些小伙子與老成員開始互動。

Atoms within the fluid interact with the minerals that form the grains.

液體中的原子與形成顆粒的礦物質相互作用。

Teachers have a limited amount of time to interact with each child.

教師和每個孩子溝通的時間有限。

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