迷你對話學地道口語第1923期:此刻，現在

第一，情景對話

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A: What do you really want?

你到底想要什麼？

B: Let me see.

讓我想一想。

A: Have you made up your mind?

你決定了嗎？

B: No. I don't know which to choose.

沒有，我不知道該怎麼選擇。

A: You'd better make a decision here and now. Don't hesitate any more.

現在決定吧，別再猶豫了。

B: All right.

好吧。

第二，詞海拾貝

here and now

exp. At this exact place and point in time; right now. （目前，此刻）

e.g. Yes, but I'm not worried about his past production—I'm worried about his low sales in the here and now!

是的，但我不擔心他過去的產量——我擔心的是他此時此地的銷售量低！

e.g. Try to be in the here and now, instead of focusing so much on what the future may bring.

試着活在當下，而不是過於關注未來會帶來什麼。

e.g. OK, no more delays, make a decision right here and now.

好了，別再耽擱了，現在就做決定吧。

e.g. We're going to solve this thing, by ourselves, here and now.

現在，我們要自己解決這個問題。

第三，語彙積累

1.make up one’s mind：決定，決心

e.g. He has make up his mind to prove that Mary's argument doesn't hold water.

他決心要證明瑪麗的論點是站不住腳的。

e.g. Henry arrived at the embassy still undecided, with not much more than a half hour in which to make up his mind.

亨利來到大使館還沒拿定主意，他只有半小時可以考慮了。

2 a decision：做決定

e.g. It's hard to make a decision without knowing all the facts.

不知道全部實情，很難作決定。

e.g. We must look ahead before we make a decision.

我們作出決定之前必須想得遠一點。