第三十一课: quit
今天要学的词是quit。Quit就是停止,认输,说白了就是:不干了。网球大将Agassi结束了他21年的网球生涯。有人问他为什么不早一点退休。他 回答说: If I wanted to quit, I would have done it a long time ago. I didn't come here to quit. 要是我想不干,我早就会那么做了。 我不是来认输的。
Bill Gates中途退学,后来成为一个成功的商人 - Bill Gates quit school and became a successful businessman. 我以前的老板老是挑我的毛病 - My former boss always picked on me, 我实在忍无可忍。有一天我对他说:"I quit, I've had enough!" 我不干了。我受够了! 噢,对不起,我该下班了 - Sorry, it's time for me to quit. 今天学的一个词是quit...
第三十二课at the mercy of
今天要学的词组是at the mercy of。Mercy这个词是指仁慈,但是at the mercy of... 是指受某人的支配或控制。共和党一位参议院在反驳民主党提出的要求时说,要是将美军从伊拉克撤出,"...we'll leave ...Iraqis at the mercy of al-Qaeda, a terrorist group..." - 我们就会把伊拉克人置于基地恐怖组织的控制下。
在别人控制之下生活是很痛苦的 - It's painful to live at the mercy of someone else。例如,那个秘书是否会被解雇, Whether or not the secretary will be fired, she is at the mercy of her boss。你周末想去爬山吗?We are at the mercy of the weather - 这在于天气。今天学的词组是at the mercy of...