Anger

1) Janet got mad when she heard the false story.

珍妮特聽到了虛偽的話，因而大發雷霆。

*這是很口語化的美國話，mad未必肯定指瘋狂，所以每人都可以用。

2) Father wonōt get mad about your mistake.

爸爸不會為你的錯失生氣的。

3) Please donōt get angry at me.

請勿生我的氣。

4) She finally began to get angry when Paul didnōt arrive.

當保羅沒到達時，她終于開始生氣了。

*get angry是指個人的、利己的生氣。

5) Gordon was not upset by his failure.

哥頓對他的失誤既不驚訝也不生氣。

*upset含有本來正常的事忽然失常之意。

6) The children began to get across at each other.

孩子們開始爭吵了。

*句子雖然簡單，但非常難用得恰如其分。爭論、對立的意義強于生氣。