美語情景對話 第1092期:Her DoOver 她想重新來過的事情
Adam: Hi Sarah.
亞當：嗨，薩拉。Sarah: Hi.
薩拉：嗨。Adam: Today we're talking about do-overs. So if you had a time machine and you could go back to your college years, is there anything that you might change or do differently?
亞當：今天我們來聊聊想重新來過的事情。如果你有一臺時光機，你能回到大學時代，你有沒有想改變的事情或用不同方法去做的事情？
Sarah: I really wish that I would have had the chance to study abroad. I chose the wrong major initially. I was a nursing major for two years, and worked really hard at a major I was really bad at. And then after two years, I switched schools and switched majors. And because of that, I had so many credits to take that I couldn't study abroad or do really any extra classes that were fun.
薩拉：我非常希望能有機會去留學。一開始我就選錯專業了。我學習了兩年的護理專業，而且我在我並不擅長的專業上非常努力。兩年之後，我換了學校和專業。正因如此，我有許多學分要修，所以我沒能出國留學，也沒能參加有趣的興趣班。Adam: Hmm, that must have been challenging. Where would you have liked to study abroad?
亞當：嗯，那一定極具挑戰。你想去哪裏留學？Sarah: Really, anywhere. I've always loved to travel, so I would have been open to going anywhere.
薩拉：說實話，哪裏都行。我一直熱愛旅遊，所以去任何地方都可以。Adam: So you said you studied nursing, what would you have studied otherwise?
亞當：你說你學過護理，那你還學過什麼？Sarah: Well, I first went into nursing because everyone since I was really little told me that I would be a good nurse. So I thought it was my calling in life. And then after taking lots and lots of science classes, which I'm really bad at, I decided to switch majors to education. And then I ended up liking that major, so I'm really happy that I switched.
薩拉：一開始我學的是護理專業，因爲在我很小的時候，所有人都跟我說我會成爲一名優秀的護士。所以以前我以爲那是我的天職。可是後來在上了很多科學課以後，我發現我非常不擅長這個專業，所以我決定換專業，改修教育學。我很喜歡教育學，所以我很高興我換了專業。Adam: Was there any other major that you would find interesting that you might study if you went back or you're satisfied with education?
亞當：回想一下，有沒有其他專業是你想學習的，還是說你對教育學很滿意？Sarah: I'm glad I did education because I really liked that work wise. But if I had to go with things that I'm interested in, I probably would have been some sort of art major. Both of my siblings are artists, so it kind of runs in the family a little bit.
薩拉：我很高興我修了教育學，因爲我非常喜歡這個專業。如果要選擇感興趣的專業，那我可能會學藝術。我的兄弟姐妹都是藝術家，這有點像是家族傳承。Adam: What kind of art do you like?
亞當：你喜歡哪種藝術？Sarah: Mainly dance, but I also was really into music growing up, so musical instruments and singing.
薩拉：主要是舞蹈，不過我在成長過程中也非常喜歡音樂，樂器和歌唱。Adam: So, do you have any friends that were interested in art or dance that you had in those times?
亞當：當時你有朋友對藝術或是舞蹈感興趣嗎？Sarah: Not really. No, actually.
薩拉：沒有，沒有。Adam: Do you wish that if you were in a group of people that like the similar things that you might have pursued different interests.
亞當：你會不會希望周圍有朋友和你喜歡類似的事情，但是追求不同的興趣？Sarah: Hmm, definitely. I wish I would have done more with dance. I was a ballerina for 12 years. And I gave up on that when I was 14. So I got to the level where I either had to train professionally to do that for a job or stay in a class where the younger girls would keep moving up. And so at that time, I quit. And although I don't wish I was still doing ballet, I wish I would continued some kind of dance.
薩拉：當然了。我希望我跳舞的時間再長一些。我跳了12年的芭蕾。但是，我在14歲時放棄了芭蕾。當時我的情況是，我要麼選擇接受職業訓練，成爲一名芭蕾舞演員，要麼和不斷進步的年輕女孩一起學芭蕾。所以我選擇放棄。雖然我並不希望繼續學習芭蕾，不過我希望我能繼續跳舞。Adam: Interesting. So Sarah, any funny haircuts or anything like that?
亞當：有意思。薩拉，你有沒有留過奇怪的髮型？Sarah: Actually, yes. One week before I moved away to college, I cut my hair boy-short. And then after that, like during my first semester, I'd dyed it all different shades of red. And my hair has actually been pretty much every link and every natural-ish color.
薩拉：實際上，有。進入大學的一週以前，我把頭髮剪得像男孩一樣短。然後，我在大學第一個學期把頭髮染成了各種紅色色系。基本上我的頭髮是非常自然的顏色。Adam: Wow. How did your friends and family respond to your red hair?
亞當：哇哦。你的朋友和家人怎麼看你的紅髮？Sarah: My mom didn't like it so much. She thought I was going to die like a natural red color, but it was more of fuchsia red color. So she didn't like it very much. But my friends and like siblings understood because I've always been very different and didn't really care what other people thought about how I looked.
薩拉：我媽媽非常不喜歡。她之前以爲我會把頭髮染成自然的紅色，不過我染的顏色更像是櫻桃紅。所以她非常不喜歡。不過我朋友和兄弟姐妹非常理解，因爲我一直與衆不同，而且並不在乎別人怎麼看我的外表。Adam: How long did you like it?
亞當：你的紅髮留了多長時間？Sarah: For a while until I wanted change. I love change, so I'd always switch it to something else.
薩拉：在我想改變顏色之前，我一直是紅髮。我喜歡改變，我經常改變髮色。Adam: Well, that's great. Thanks, Sarah.
亞當：嗯，這很好。謝謝你，薩拉。
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重點講解：
1. be bad at 不擅長的；不善於的；
例句：He had increased Britain's reputation for being bad at languages.
他加深了人們對英國人不擅長語言的印象。
2. end up 最終；結果；到頭來；
例句：If you don't know what you want, you might end up getting something you don't want.
如果你不知道自己想要什麼，到頭來你可能得非所願。
3. be satisfied with 滿意的；滿足的；稱心的；
例句：She was satisfied with the outcome of her efforts.
她對自己努力的結果很滿意。
4. give up on 對…絕望；對…不抱希望；
例句：This is the point at which many patients give up on therapy.
就是因爲這一點，許多病人放棄治療。
