They want me to go in for accountancy.
對話
David:Where did you get all those brochures from?
Peter:From the college careers adviser. I'm graduating this year and I've got to decide on a career.
David:What do your parents think?
Peter:They want me to go in for accountancy, because they think it will offer security and a good salary.
David:What do you feel about that?
Peter:Well, they have a point, but I'd rather go in for something a bit more interesting than fiddling around with figures all day.
David:Like what, for example?
Peter:I quite fancy journalism, being a foreign correspondent and traveling a lot.
戴維：你這許多小冊子是哪里拿來的?
彼得：是大學就業(yè)輔導員給我的。我今年要畢業(yè)了,須選擇自己的事業(yè)。
戴維：你父母怎樣想?
彼得：他們想要我從事會計,認為工作穩(wěn)定,薪水也很不錯。
戴維：你自己怎樣想呢?
彼得：嗯,他們的確有道理,但我寧愿做些較有趣的工作,而不是整天埋頭于無聊的數(shù)字堆中。
戴維：你自己屬意什么樣的工作?
彼得：我頗喜歡新聞業(yè),做個國外通訊記者,可以到處游歷。
彼得說父母主張他從事會計：My parents want me to go in for accountancy。‘會計的工作’或‘會計學’，英文叫accountancy或accounting都可以，例如：He thought of going into accounting/accountancy after graduation（他想過大學畢業(yè)后從事會計）。上述go into和go in for兩個動詞詞組，意思都是‘從事（某種職業(yè)、活動）’，沒有什么分別，這里不妨再舉一例：It never occurred to him that one day he would go in for/go into politics as an opposition leader（他從來沒想到，有一天，自己會以反對派領袖身份從政）。
彼得不大喜歡做會計師：I'd rather go in for something more interesting than fiddling around with figures all day。Fiddle是violin（小提琴）的俗稱，作動詞指‘拉小提琴’。把那‘撥弄’的意思引伸，就是神經(jīng)質(zhì)的或心不在焉的用手不停玩弄，例如老師可以叫學生：Stop fiddling with your pen（別再玩弄你手上的筆）。Fiddle (around/about) with something也可解作‘花時間做些無用的事’，例如：He has been fiddling (around) with the car engine for hours, but I don't think he can fix it（他弄那汽車引擎弄了幾小時，但我認為他無法修理好）。
留意I'd rather (would rather)這說法。Would rather和had rather同義，都是‘寧愿’的意思，例如：I would/had rather do it now（我寧愿現(xiàn)在做）。不過，had rather一詞今天很少人用，多用would rather。
對話
David:Where did you get all those brochures from?
Peter:From the college careers adviser. I'm graduating this year and I've got to decide on a career.
David:What do your parents think?
Peter:They want me to go in for accountancy, because they think it will offer security and a good salary.
David:What do you feel about that?
Peter:Well, they have a point, but I'd rather go in for something a bit more interesting than fiddling around with figures all day.
David:Like what, for example?
Peter:I quite fancy journalism, being a foreign correspondent and traveling a lot.
戴維：你這許多小冊子是哪里拿來的?
彼得：是大學就業(yè)輔導員給我的。我今年要畢業(yè)了,須選擇自己的事業(yè)。
戴維：你父母怎樣想?
彼得：他們想要我從事會計,認為工作穩(wěn)定,薪水也很不錯。
戴維：你自己怎樣想呢?
彼得：嗯,他們的確有道理,但我寧愿做些較有趣的工作,而不是整天埋頭于無聊的數(shù)字堆中。
戴維：你自己屬意什么樣的工作?
彼得：我頗喜歡新聞業(yè),做個國外通訊記者,可以到處游歷。
彼得說父母主張他從事會計：My parents want me to go in for accountancy。‘會計的工作’或‘會計學’，英文叫accountancy或accounting都可以，例如：He thought of going into accounting/accountancy after graduation（他想過大學畢業(yè)后從事會計）。上述go into和go in for兩個動詞詞組，意思都是‘從事（某種職業(yè)、活動）’，沒有什么分別，這里不妨再舉一例：It never occurred to him that one day he would go in for/go into politics as an opposition leader（他從來沒想到，有一天，自己會以反對派領袖身份從政）。
彼得不大喜歡做會計師：I'd rather go in for something more interesting than fiddling around with figures all day。Fiddle是violin（小提琴）的俗稱，作動詞指‘拉小提琴’。把那‘撥弄’的意思引伸，就是神經(jīng)質(zhì)的或心不在焉的用手不停玩弄，例如老師可以叫學生：Stop fiddling with your pen（別再玩弄你手上的筆）。Fiddle (around/about) with something也可解作‘花時間做些無用的事’，例如：He has been fiddling (around) with the car engine for hours, but I don't think he can fix it（他弄那汽車引擎弄了幾小時，但我認為他無法修理好）。
留意I'd rather (would rather)這說法。Would rather和had rather同義，都是‘寧愿’的意思，例如：I would/had rather do it now（我寧愿現(xiàn)在做）。不過，had rather一詞今天很少人用，多用would rather。