迷你對話學地道口語第498期:失去機會;浪費機會

Subject：Don’t quit school and throw it all away.

迷你對話

A: I don’t wanna go to school anymore. I’d rather play baseball than study.

我再也不想上學了。我寧願打棒球也不願學習。

B: You could do so much in your life, including playing baseball. But don’t quit school and threw it all away.

你一輩子可以做很多事情，包括打棒球。但是不要放棄學業，浪費機會。

地道表達

throw something away

1. 解詞釋義

Throw something away有幾個意思。第一個是：discard something as useless or unwanted（因不需要而扔掉，拋棄某物）。第二個是：fail to make use of something（未能利用某事物）。第三個是：throw away the opportunity, advantage（失去機會，失去優勢）。在該對話中是第三個意思。因此，對話中“Don’t quit school and throw it all away.”的意思是“不要放棄學業，浪費機會。”

2. 拓展例句

We should have won. We threw it away.

我們本該贏的，是我們自己沒把握住機會。

Didn't I throw away every possible opportunity?

那不是明明安放着許多機會嗎？

e.g. It would be a thousand pities to throw away such a chance of fun.

白白放過這個有趣的機會,那真是太可惜了。

e.g. People living in modern times shouldn't throw away our ancestor's fine traditions.

現代人應該注意不能遺落先人的優良傳統。

Ps 1：quite school的意思是“退學”或“放棄學業”。例如：

Some students quit school due to poverty. 一些學生因貧困而輟學。

The teacher advised Lou to think twice before deciding to quit school. 老師勸告羅在決定退學前要好好考慮。

Ps 2：not ore的意思是“不再......”。重在指“數量”。例如：

I'm not so young anymore. 我不再那麼年輕了。

If you fail three times, you will be not entitled to try anymore. 如果你失敗三次，你便無權再嘗試了。

Ps 3：would ...的意思是“寧可......也不......”。例如：

I would rather sleep than watch this movie. 我情願睡覺也不看這部電影。

I would rather be laughed at than quarrel with him. 我寧願被嘲笑，也不願和他吵架。