习语口语对话大全(MP3+中英字幕) 第285期:root and branch
root and branch
完全地A:I wish you wouldn't be so selfish.
A:我希望你别太自私。B:Selfishness is one of human being's instincts. It is very difficult to get it out root and branch.
B:自私是人类的本性之一,想连根拔除是很难的。
A:But you should at least consider your son's future.
A;但是你起码得替你儿子的未来想想。B:His mother, not me, should do this.
B:是她妈妈应该这么做,不是我。