英語口語練習小對話 第183期:腳踏兩隻船
迷你對話：
A: My mother and my wife are always holding different ideas.
我母親和我妻子的意見總是不統一。
B: If you are really in love with your wife, you should be in support of her. You can’t have it both ways, of course.
如果你要是真愛你的妻子，你應該支持她。你總不能兩者兼顧吧。
A: You mean I should please her by following her suggestion.
你的意思是我應該聽從她的而取悅於她。
B: Yeah. Love me, and love my dog.
是的，愛屋及烏嘛。
地道表達：
have it both ways
解詞釋義：
have it的意思是“取得優勢”，那麼have it both ways的意思就是“兩方面取得優勢”，也就是“兩方面都討好”的意思，跟中文中的“腳踏兩隻船”意思相近。
支持範例：
Eg. You can't have it both ways. She is either lying or she's not
你不能一時說東，一時說西。她要麼在撒謊，要麼沒撒謊。
Eg. You 'll have to decide whether you want to stay with your sister or you want to go on holiday; you can not have it both ways.
你必須決定是跟姐姐在家還是去度假,不能腳踏兩條船。
Eg. You have to choose one or the other-you can't have it both ways!
你得二者選其一，不可能兩全其美。
詞海拾貝：
1. hold different ideas：持不同意見
Eg. If you hold different ideas, I am all ears.
如果你有不同意見，我將洗耳恭聽。
Eg. Some people may hold different ideas about this, but they are still well-intentioned.
一些人會有不同意見，但那也是出於好意。
2. in love with：與某人相愛
Eg. Every guy in class thinks he's in love with that little tart.
班上的每一個傢伙都認爲自己愛上了那個小騷貨。
Eg. In a word, Sophia was in love with him to distraction.
簡單一句話，蘇菲亞愛他愛得神魂顛倒了。
Eg. He would most probably have fallen violently in love with her.
他十有八九會熾熱地愛上她的。
Eg. Legend has it that the fairy princess fell in love with a pauper.
據傳說那位仙女般的公主愛上了一個貧兒。
3. in support of ：維護，支持，擁護
Eg. Can you cite any specific evidence in support of your opinion?
你能否引用某個證據來支持自己的意見？
Eg. Can you offer any evidence in support of what you say?
你能提出證據來印證你講的話嗎？
Eg. The historical evidence in support of this convention is weak.
支持這個論點的歷史證據不足。
Eg. He raised a new issue in support of Comrade Wang' s opinion.
他提出新論點支持王同志的意見。
4. follow one’s suggestion：照某人的建議辦
Eg. How foolish I was to follow his suggestion!
我真傻竟然聽從他的建議!
諺語：
Love me, and love my dog. 愛屋及烏。
