迷你對話學地道口語第2043期:不畏艱難堅持到底
情景對話:
A: The teacher told my father that he was not to be a soldier when he was young, but he stayed the course and finally became an officer.
老師告訴我的爸爸在他小的時候,他不適合當一名軍人,但他堅持不懈努力到底,最後終於成了一名軍官。
B: He is really a tough man.
他真是一個執着的人。
A: So when you told me that I couldn't be a reporter, I know I can.
所以當你告訴我說我不能成爲一名記者時,我知道我能。
B: Well, it would be a miracle.
那可真是個奇蹟。
第一, 詞海拾貝
stay the course
exp. To manage to finish something that is very difficult or unpleasant and takes a long time. (不畏艱難,堅持到底)
e.g. If you can't stay the course when things get a bit messy, then you just aren't cut out for this line of work.
如果你不能在事情有點亂的時候堅持下去,那麼你就不適合做這一行。
e.g. The training takes years and a great deal of work, but if you stay the course, the rewards are fantastic.
訓練是需要長久的時間和大量的功課的,但如果你不畏困難堅持到底,就會取得巨大的成功。
e.g. So many would-be slimmers fail to stay the course and fall by the wayside.
有很多想身材苗條的人沒能堅持到底而中途敗下陣來。
第二, 語彙積累
tough man:堅強的人
e.g. He was the tough man, sounding warnings and bringing bad news.
他是一個一絲不苟的人,敢於向人們敲起警鐘,報告壞消息。
e.g. For once Brown, the tough man, was asking for support.
只有這一次,布朗這個硬漢開口求人了。