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生活往往不是完美的,我们身边坚强的人往往是拒绝放弃的,我们说一个人很坚强,可能是这个人几乎从不抱怨,或者选择不去担心,会选择尽力而为,那我们用英语怎样形容这样的人呢? C: Hi guys. I’m Chris. J: And I’m Joy. Today we’ll be covering the idiom: a tough cookie. It’s referring to a strong, confident person who is not easily influenced by other people. Sometimes it can also be: one tough cookie. You can use it like this: I’m a tough cookie. / She was one tough cookie. / They have been tough cookies. C: So when a cookie is very strong and difficult to break, it really is a tough cookie. But here we are using it to describe people. A tough cookie is usually someone who has experienced a hard life. Now, maybe someone has a terrible disease. He has suffered a lot from it but he doesn’t give up. Instead, he fights against it. So you can call this person a tough cookie. Or maybe you are in a negotiation and the other guy is difficult to persuade. So you have to keep trying to...