6. Maybe you should walk around to enrich knowledge and make your life exciting.walk around表示“四处走走”。“增长知识”的地道表达法是enrich knowledge。
［模 拟 对 话］ Sadness and Happiness
Tom： I have good news！
May： You look so happy！ What’s the good news？
Tom： My wife is pregnant. I’ve been feeling really happy thinking about it these last two days.
May： Congratulations！ You’re going to be a father.
Tom： But I won’t be as free as I am now.
May： Of course. Your responsibilities and obligations will increase.
Tom： Are you alright？ You look not so happy. Is there something wrong？
May： I just broke up with my boyfriend. And you told me that you are going to be a father...
Tom： Oh， I’m sorry to hear that. I don’t mean to hurt you.
May： No， this is my fault. I mean， I am really happy for you.
Tom： I know， I know. It’s OK. I can’t believe that you broke up with him.
May： I found he’s dating with another girl.
Tom： He’s such a jerk. He doesn’t deserve your tears！
May： You are right！ Let’s go out and have some fun！ I am gonna forget him in a day.
Tom： Fine.
汤姆：告诉你一个好消息！梅： 看把你高兴的！什么好消息？
汤姆：我老婆怀孕了。这两天，一想起这件事，我心里别提多高兴了。梅： 要当爸爸了，祝贺你！汤姆：不过以后就不能像现在这样自由了。梅： 那是当然。责任重了，义务也多了。汤姆：你还好吗？看起来不是那么高兴。出什么事了吗？梅： 我刚和我男朋友分手。你又告诉我你要当爸爸了。汤姆：哦，我感到很遗憾。我不是故意刺激你的。梅： 不，是我的错。我是说，我的意思是我真的很替你感到高兴。汤姆：我知道，我知道。没关系的。我只是不相信你们俩居然分手了。梅： 我发现他在和其他女孩儿约会。汤姆：他真是个浑蛋。他不值得你为他掉眼泪。梅： 你说得对，我们出去玩儿吧。我要在一天之内忘了他。汤姆：好的。
2 Desperate
Mary： Oh， my God. I can’t take it any more. Dean： What’s wrong， honey？ Take it easy. Mary： I am tired of doing that boring job. I just repeat the same
thing everyday. It’s so terrible. Dean： Everybody does. But I think you can do something else for a
change. Mary： Sometimes I don’t know what the meaning of working is. Dean： But you did a good job. The manager is just being nice to you. Mary： That’s in the past. Maybe I need to go to my therapist for
help. Dean： Perhaps you’re just tired and you need a vacation. Mary： I was full of ambitions before. But now I have no aim for my
career and even my life. Dean： Maybe you should walk around to enrich knowledge and
make your life exciting. Mary： That sounds interesting. But I don’t know how to do that. Dean： How about a long vacation for a trip？ Mary： A trip？ That must be costly. Dean： But it’s worth it. Maybe it can get you into a good mood and
also help you learn something to use for the future. Mary： OK. Let’s have a try. Dean： OK.
绝 望
玛丽：噢，我的天哪，再不能忍受了。迪恩：怎么啦，亲爱的？放松点。玛丽：我厌烦了做那样无聊的工作。我就是每天重复一样的工作。
太恐怖了。迪恩：大家都是这样。但是我觉得我们能做些改变。玛丽：有时候我真不知道工作的意义是什么。迪恩：但是你工作表现不错啊。你的经理对你也不错。玛丽：那是以前。或许我现在真的需要心理医生来帮我了。迪恩：或许你是累了，需要休假。玛丽：以前我有雄心壮志，但是现在我没有了职业目标甚至生活目标。迪恩：或许你应该出去走走来丰富阅历，使生活更有激情。玛丽：听起来很有意思。但是我不知道该怎么做。迪恩：给自己放个大假来一次旅行怎么样？玛丽：旅行？那肯定很贵。迪恩：但是很值。或许能让你有个好心情，也能帮助你学到将来有
用的东西。玛丽：好吧，试一试。迪恩：嗯。
pregnant ['pregn4nt] adj. 怀孕的 responsibility [ri`sp3ns4'bil4ti] n. 责任 obligation [`3bli'gei54n] n. 义务 jerk [d94：k] n. 浑蛋 deserve [di'z4：v] v. 值得 boring ['b3：ri6] adj. 无聊的 repeat [ri'pi：t] v. 重复
terrible ['ter4bl] adj. 可怕的 therapist ['7er4pist] n. 心理医生 perhaps [p4'h1ps] adv. 可能 worth [w4：7] adj. 值得 career [k4'ri4(r)] n. 职业 costly ['k3stli] adj. 昂贵的 ambition [1m'bi54n] n. 野心
