越来越小[少]地
表达思想和观点
A:Have you made a decision about your job yet?
关于你的工作,你做了决定了吗?
B:Not yet. I’m still considering my options.
没有,我还在考虑我的选择。
A:What are they?
什么选择啊?
B:I can stay at my current job and hope that they give me a promotion soon.
我可以还做现在的工作,但希望他们很快给我升职。
A:Or?
或者呢?
B:Or I can take the new job for less money and more responsibilities and hope that they give me a raise soon.
或者我选择少挣点钱但责任更大的工作,而且希望他们能很快给我加薪。
A:So what is more important to you, money or a challenge?
那什么对你更重要呢,钱还是挑战?
B:I’d rather find my work challenging than make a lot of money. But there is the possibility that I could be challenged at work and make more money.
与挣很多钱相比,我更希望工作具有挑战性。但是既有挑战又能挣很多钱的工作也是有可能的。
A:I think I know what you’re going to decide.
我觉得我知道你会怎么决定了。
B:What?
什么?
A:Well, I don’t think you’re a risk-taker. That’s all I’m going to say.
嗯,我不觉得你是是个敢于冒险的人,这就是我想说的。
B:Do you think I should be?
你觉得我应该冒险吗?
A:I’m not going to tell you what to decide. You have to make the decision for yourself.
我不会告诉你做什么决定。你应该自己决定。
B:Do you think I should take more risks?
你觉得我应该更加冒险吗?
A:I’m not saying anything else. If give you advice and it doesn’t turn out well, then you’ll blame it all on me!
我不会说其他的了。如果我给了你建议,但如果并不好, 你会全怪我的!
B:No, I won’t.
不,我不会的。
A:Yes, you will.
你会的。
B:No, I promise that I won’t blame you.
不,我保证不会责怪你的。
A:I’d like to see that in writing!
我希望你能把这些话写下来!
1. 越来越少:111.Note笔记 | 112.Less and Less越来越少 | 113.Aiming Whist Shooting瞄准射击
2. 越来越少的:lespedeza 胡枝子属 | less and less 越来越少的 | less than 小于
3. 越来越少 (修饰不可数名词):for many different reasons 由于很多不同的原因 | less and less 越来越少 (修饰不可数名词) | fewer and fewer 越来越少 (修饰可数名词)
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