美語情景對話 第1091期:His DoOver 他希望重新來過的事情
Sarah: So Adam, today we're talking about do-overs. So what is something that you wish you would have done over? For example, maybe something in your university life?
薩拉：亞當，今天我們來談談你希望重來一遍的事情。哪些是你想再重新來過的事情？也許是你大學生活期間的事情？Adam: Yeah. There are a few things. I might change my major. I studied education, and while I enjoy what I'm doing right now, my free time I really like watching movies about science and astronomy. And if I would go back to school and start my studies over, I'd probably study something along those lines, astronomy and metaphysics or something. I think that those topics are really interesting and on the cutting edge of science and just fascinating to explore.
亞當：對，有一些事情。我想改專業。我的專業是教育學，雖然我很喜歡我現在的工作，不過我在空閒時間非常喜歡看有關科學和天文學的電影。如果我能回到學校，重新學習，我可能會學習與天文學或玄學相關的專業。我認爲那些課題非常有意思，我非常想去探索最尖端的科學。Sarah: Interesting. Anything else you wish you would have done?
薩拉：這很有意思。還有其他事是你想重來一遍的嗎？
Adam: I might have been more involved in the sports clubs at my school. For example, the American football team. I played in high school but in college, I wanted to play but I didn't have the motivation to push me over the edge to actually go out and really put my heart into it. I went to one training day and kind of tried out, but I didn't really pursue it as much as I would have liked. I think it would have been fun to be a part of that culture and that environment.
亞當：我可能會在上學期間加入運動隊。比如美式橄欖球隊。我在高中打過美式橄欖球，不過上大學以後，我雖然想繼續，但是沒有動力驅使我全身心投入到橄欖球運動中。我之前參加過訓練和選拔，但是雖然我很喜歡橄欖球，但是我並沒有盡力去參與這項運動。我認爲成爲橄欖球文化和環境的一部分會很有趣。Sarah: How about something that you did do that maybe now you wish you hadn't?
薩拉：那那些你做過但是現在你希望沒做過的事是什麼？Adam: I pierced my ears in high school because that was the cool thing to do. But now I don't wear earrings. And yeah, looking back on it, kind of just a silly thing to do that I'm trying to follow the trends, that, you know, trends usually pass. So yeah, that would be something that I wouldn't do again.
亞當：我在高中打了耳洞，因爲當時我認爲那是一件很酷的事情。可是我現在不戴耳環。回想一下，追隨潮流真是一件很傻的事情，潮流總會過時的。這是我不會再做的事情。Sarah: Nice. Anything else you would have changed?
薩拉：好。還有其他你希望改變的事情嗎？Adam: I might have made different decisions about my girlfriends at the time. I had a really good girlfriend in the beginning of college, and things didn't work.out because of a variety of reasons. But I think if we would have worked on it, we could have. We could have made it, made it happen. So yeah, that's something I think about sometimes about life in college. It's always, you know, college love is kind of a crazy thing. So yeah, we're too much like kids, I guess, I think at that age.
亞當：我可能會對之前的女友做出不同的決定。剛上大學時，我交了一個非常不錯的女友，但是因爲各種原因，我們倆沒能走下去。不過我認爲，如果我們能解決我們的問題，我們是能修成正果的。我們能成功，我們能做到。這是我在想到大學生活時，有時會思考的事情。你知道，大學時的戀愛非常瘋狂。在那個年紀，我們還像孩子一樣。Sarah: Okay. Thanks, Adam.
薩拉：好。謝謝你，亞當。
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重點講解：
1. go back 回去；返回；回到；
例句：He is now fit enough to go back to work.
他現在身體健康，可以回去工作了。
2. start over 重新開始；從頭再來；
例句：If you choose a career that does not fit you, you can start over.
如果選擇了一個不適合你的職業，你可以重新開始。
3. look back 追憶；回顧；
例句：I still shudder when I look back on the past.
想起過去，我仍然不寒而粟。
4. work out (如期）發生；進展(順利)；
例句：I'm afraid that it's not going to work out.
我恐怕這事不會成的。
