迷你對話學地道口語第1905期:硬科學

第一，情景對話

A: In my opinion, the development of hard science and soft science is unbalanced at all.

依我看，現在的硬科學和軟科學的發展一點兒也不平衡。

B: Yeah. it's true. Most people just pay attention to the hard science.

嗯，就是，很多人只關心硬科學。

A: But the soft science is more important in my eyes. Especially psychology, today, a lot of people live a tense life, feel tired and are easily upset as well.

可是在我眼中，軟科學更爲重要，尤其是心理學。現在的人們大都生活在緊張的生活狀態中，身體疲憊而且內心脆弱。

B: I think we all think we can change everything and desire more than we can obtain.

我覺得我們都認爲自己可以改變一切，渴望得到的比我們能得到的要多很多。

第二，詞海拾貝

hard science

of the natural or physical sciences, such as physics, chemistry, biology, geology, or astronomy. （自然學科，硬科學）

第三，語彙積累

1. in one’s opinion：依......看來，照......看來

e.g. In my opinion, your new coat is not worth so much money.

我認爲你的外套不值得這麼多錢。

e.g. In my opinion, he is incompetent to practise medicine and may be endangering patients' lives.

我認爲，他不具有行醫的能力，甚至可能危害病人的生命。

e.g. In my opinion, we must depend on intensive cultivation to feed ourselves.

我看我們就是要靠精耕細作吃飯。

2. pay attention to：注意

e.g. Don't pay attention to anything he says. He lies like a gas meter.

不要理睬他的話，他一味撒謊。

e.g. Pay attention to uniting and working with comrades who differ with you.

注意團結那些和你意見不同的同志一起工作。

e.g. Don't just keep slogging away. Pay attention to method.

別一個勁兒傻幹，要講究方法。

3. in one’s eyes：在某人的心中，在某人看來

e.g. The author's half drunken state did not in the least impair his eminence in my eyes.

在我的眼裏，這位作家的醺醺醉態絲毫無損他的高尚。

e.g. In my eyes the question is not what to teach,but how to educate.

在我看來，問題不是教什麼內容而是如何教育。

4. at all：根本，究竟

e.g. "I don't agree at all," she answered indignantly.

她氣憤地答道：“我壓根兒就不同意。”

e.g. Even though me were friends, he acted like he didn't know me at all.

儘管我們是朋友，他表現得好像根本不認識我。

e.g. Father does not oppose the idea at all.

父親絲毫不反對這個想法。

soft science：軟科技

live a tense life：過着緊張的生活