詳解實用對話
Hesitation
Watt：Hi, Maggie. Have you made up your mind?
Maggie：What?
Watt：I mean, have you decided to study abroad or to find a job after graduation?
Maggie：I haven’t made my decision yet. It’s kind of a hard decision.
Watt：Why’s that? Just a couple of days ago, you were telling me how much you wanted to go overseas? to study.
Maggie：Yes, but a vacancy just opened up in the English Department.
Watt：So?
Maggie：They offered it to me. So now I don’t know what to do.
Watt：What a great opportunity! I see what you mean though, tough choice.
Maggie：I’ve been preparing and studying to go abroad. I’ve spent a lot of time and energy, and I hate to see it all go to waste?.
Watt：Don’t think about it too much. The job sounds like an excellent opportunity. You should grab it while you have the chance.
Maggie：I’d like to, but I still feel like I should think about it some more. But thanks for your input?.
猶 豫
瓦特：你好，麥琪。你拿定主意了嗎?
麥琪：你指的是什么啊?
瓦特：我的意思是，你決定畢業(yè)后出國深造還是找工作了嗎?
麥琪：我還沒做決定呢。真的很難做出抉擇。
瓦特：怎么會呢?兩三天前你還在說你是多么想出國深造呢。
麥琪：是啊，但是英語系正好有個職位空缺。
瓦特：所以呢?
麥琪：他們把這個職位給了我。所以我現(xiàn)在不知道該怎么辦了。
瓦特：多好的機會啊!我明白你的意思了，難做取舍啊。
麥琪：我一直在準備出國留學(xué)。我在這上面花費了大量的時間和精力，我可不希望看到這一切努力都白費了。
瓦特：不要想得太多。這份工作確實是個不錯的機會。你應(yīng)該在機會來臨的時候抓住它。
麥琪：我也想，不過我還是覺得需要再好好考慮一下。但還是要謝謝你的真知灼見。
詳細解說
?“go overseas”等同于“go abroad”，意為“出國，到國外”。
?“go to waste”意為“浪費掉，白費”，例如：I shall probably make mint jelly too, as there is so much mint in the garden, I hate to see it go to waste. (我可能也會做些薄荷凍，因為花園里有那么多薄荷，我可不想眼看著白白浪費掉。)
?“input”的意思是“輸入”，在本段對話中指對方發(fā)表的意見，其反義詞為“output”，表示“輸出”。
單 詞
abroad ad. 到國外，在國外
graduation n. 畢業(yè)
overseas ad. 到海外，在海外
vacancy n. 空缺
opportunity n. 機會，機遇
tough a. 困難的
grab v. 抓住，奪取