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emotional breakdown/ 情绪崩溃 / (qínɡxù bēnɡkuì)

A:  What happened? You look really haggard. 

发生什么事了吗？你看起来很憔悴。

(fāshēnɡ shenme shì le ma？nǐ kànqǐlái hěn qiáocuì.)

B: I've been feeling pretty terrible these days. Last night, I had an emotional breakdown and couldn't sleep.  

我最近感到很难受,昨天晚上感到情绪有些崩溃,而且失眠。

(wǒ zuìjìn ɡǎndào hěn nánshòu, zuótiān wǎnshànɡ ɡǎndào qínɡxù yǒuxiē bēnɡkuì, érqiě shīmián.)

A: I'm sorry to hear that. Speaking of emotional breakdowns, this reminds me of some recent news.  

很抱歉听你这样说。 谈到情绪崩溃这个话题,让我想到了最近一则新闻。

(hěn bàoqiàn tīnɡnǐ zhèyànɡ shuō. tándào qínɡxù bēnɡkuì zhèɡè huàtí, rànɡwǒ xiǎnɡdàole zuìjìn yīzé xīnwén.)

B: Really? Tell me about it. 

是吗？说来听听。

(shìma? shuōlái tīnɡtīnɡ.)

A: There was a video online in which a 15-year-old girl had an emotional breakdown due to a conflict with her mother and ended up beating her mother, who was sitting on an electric scooter. 

网上有一段视频,一位15岁的女孩因为和母亲产生矛盾,而情绪崩溃,殴打了坐在电动车上的母亲。

(wǎnɡshànɡ yǒu yīduàn shìpín, yīwèi shiwu suì de nǚhái yīnwéi hé mǔqīn chǎnshēnɡ máodùn, ér qínɡxù bēnɡkuì, ōudǎ le zuòzài diàndònɡchē shànɡ de mǔqīn.)

B: While I know that it is hard to control feelings of agitation, but beating your own mother is a bit too far.  

虽然我知道激动的情绪很难控制,但殴打自己的母亲也太过分了。

(suīrán wǒ zhīdào jīdònɡ de qínɡxù hěnnán kònɡzhì, dàn ōudǎ zìjǐde mǔqīn yě tài ɡuòfēn le.)

A: She said she did it because her mother wouldn't buy her a new phone.

她说自己这样做只是因为妈妈不给自己买新手机。

(tāshuō zìjǐ zhèyànɡ zuò zhīshì yīnwéi māmā bùɡěi zìjǐ mǎi xīn shǒujī.)

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