A: I do not know how John can put up with his son who fools around without working.

我不知道约翰为什么能容忍他的儿子整天不工作瞎混日子。

B: He's out of John's hands. Nothing he can do about such a black sheep.

约翰也管不了他。他管不了这个败家子。

A: If I were him, I would give him a good talking-to. I would insist on his stopping fooling around like that.

如果我是约翰，我会好好教训他一顿。我一定坚持不让他再这么瞎混了。

01 put up with

忍受某人/某事

I can't put up with her any more.

我再也无法忍受她。

I can't put up with working overtime every day.

我不能忍受每天加班。

I can't put up with the noise any more.

我再也无法忍受噪音了。

SYN tolerate

I can't tolerate such mistakes.

我不能容忍这样的错误。

SYN stand

I can't stand it when you do that.

你那么做我接受不了。

02 fool around

闲荡；鬼混

If you want to go to college, you must study hard and not fool around.

如果你想考上大学，你就得好好学习，不要虚度光阴。

The man got fired for fooling around on the job.

那个男人因为工作不专心而被解雇了。

They always fool around when the boss is not in the office.

老板不在办公室时，他们总是会胡闹。

03 black sheep

败家子；害群之马；异类

He is the balck sheep of the company.

他是公司的害群之马。

That moive was the black sheep among the director's works.

那部电影在这个导演的作品中是个异类。

He is known as the balck sheep in the family, because he always causes trouble.

他在家庭里是有名的败家子，因为他总是制造麻烦。

04 give sb a good talking-to

好好教训某人一顿

I'm going to give him a good talking-to about his behavior.

我要好好批评他那种行为。

The parent gave the child a good talking-to for misbehaving in public.

家长因为孩子在公共场合表现不当好好地批评了他。

The police officer gave the driver a good talking-to for driving under the influence.

警察因为司机酒驾好好批评了他。

drive under the influence

酒驾

05 insist on sth/doing sth

坚决要求某事/做某事

She insisted on his wearing a suit.

她坚持要他穿西装。

I insisted on paying for the damage.

我坚持要求赔偿损失。

She insisted on taking care of her son by herself.

她坚持要求自己照顾儿子。