Tuesday

3.Could You Explain a Little More
你能再解釋一下嗎
A:What do you think is harder,reading or writing?
你認為讀和寫哪個比較難?
B: Well,they 're completely different.Reading is passive,and writing is active.
它們是截然不同的兩碼事，讀是被動的，寫是主動的。
A:I don 't think I understand what you mean.Could you explain a little more?
我不知道你說的是什麼意思，能不能再給我稍微解釋一下?
B: In reading you need to recognize language by seeing the words on the page and knowing what they are.In writing you have to produce language,you have to create your own words on a blank page.
閱讀是認識紙上現有的語言文字，而寫作是在白紙上用自己的話創造語言。
A:Oh,now I see what you mean.When you ’re reading,you are just looking,but when you are writing,you are actually doing something!
哦，我明白你的意思了。讀只是瀏覽，而寫卻是創造。
B:A reading knowledge of a language is larger and different from a writing knowledge.Don ’t you think so?
一種語言的閱讀知識要比寫作知識來得廣泛而且大不相同。你難道不同意嗎？
A:I think I see what you mean.I can read Shakespeare but I definitely can ’t write it.
我想我懂你的意思了。我可以閱讀莎士比亞的作品，但卻寫不出來。
B:Exactly.
對極了。
A:So I have another question for you.What do you think is harder,speaking or understanding?
我還有一個問題。你認為聽和說哪個比較難?
B:They ’re both harder than reading or writing.
兩個都比讀和寫難。
A:In what way?
在哪一方面?
B:Because they are direct communication with another person,and there 's a time limit.This time limit is the most serious problem for foreigners,even for those who know lots of English.
因為他們直接與他人溝通，而且還有時間上的限制。時間上的限制對外國人來說是最嚴重的問題，甚至對那些懂得很多英文的人也是如此。
A:You are making me feel really discouraged.
你弄得我好洩氣。
B:I 'm not trying to discourage you.I 'm trying to help you.You have to live with these difficulties.Isn 't it better to know about them?The more you know about what you have to face ,the better you 'll do.I promise!
我不是在打擊你，而是想幫你。你總得面對這些困難，了解了這些困難不是更好嗎?你對要面對的問題了解越多，就會做得越好，我向你保證。
額外成就感
be different from 與……不同
*My opinion is different from yours.
我和你的意見相左。
*City life is very different from country life.
都市生活和鄉村生活是非常不同的。
*Chinese culture is very different from American culture.
中美文化存在著很大的差異。
can not see 不明白
*I can not see any difference between them.They ’re both handsome!
我看不出他們有什麼差別，他們都很英俊！
*I can ’t see why she ’s so against the idea.
我不明白她為何如此反對這個意見。
live with 接受；承認；忍受
*Can you live with this arrangement?
你能接受這樣的安排嗎?
*You must learn to live with the fact that you are getting old.
你必須學會接受你漸漸變老這個事實。
*I don ’t enjoy the situation,but I can live with it.
我不喜歡這樣的情形，但我能夠忍受。