迷你对话学地道口语第498期:失去机会;浪费机会

　　Subject：Don’t quit school and throw it all away.
迷你对话
A: I don’t wanna go to school anymore. I’d rather play baseball than study.
我再也不想上学了。我宁愿打棒球也不愿学习。
B: You could do so much in your life, including playing baseball. But don’t quit school and threw it all away.
你一辈子可以做很多事情，包括打棒球。但是不要放弃学业，浪费机会。
地道表达
throw something away
1. 解词释义
Throw something away有几个意思。第一个是：discard¹ something as useless or unwanted（因不需要而扔掉，抛弃某物）。第二个是：fail to make use of something（未能利用某事物）。第三个是：throw away the opportunity, advantage（失去机会，失去优势）。在该对话中是第三个意思。因此，对话中“Don’t quit school and throw it all away.”的意思是“不要放弃学业，浪费机会。”
2. 拓展例句
We should have won. We threw it away.
我们本该赢的，是我们自己没把握住机会。
Didn't I throw away every possible opportunity?
那不是明明安放着许多机会吗？
e.g. It would be a thousand pities to throw away such a chance of fun.
白白放过这个有趣的机会,那真是太可惜了。
e.g. People living in modern times shouldn't throw away our ancestor's fine traditions.
现代人应该注意不能遗落先人的优良传统。
Ps 1：quite school的意思是“退学”或“放弃学业”。例如：
Some students quit school due² to poverty³. 一些学生因贫困而辍学。
The teacher advised Lou to think twice before deciding to quit school. 老师劝告罗在决定退学前要好好考虑。
Ps 2：not ...anymore的意思是“不再......”。重在指“数量”。例如：
I'm not so young anymore. 我不再那么年轻了。
If you fail three times, you will be not entitled⁴ to try anymore. 如果你失败三次，你便无权再尝试了。
Ps 3：would rather...than...的意思是“宁可......也不......”。例如：
I would rather sleep than watch this movie. 我情愿睡觉也不看这部电影。
I would rather be laughed at than quarrel with him. 我宁愿被嘲笑，也不愿和他吵架。

1 discard   

vt.丢弃，抛弃，遗弃

参考例句：

• We should discard old beliefs.我们应该抛弃旧观念。
• We will discard the old books.我们将不再使用这些旧书。

2 due   

n.应得物；adj.预定的，应付的，到期的，应有的

参考例句：

• I received nothing except what was due to me.除了我应得的东西，我并未接受任何东西。
• The rocket is due to lift off at noon on Friday.火箭定于星期五中午发射。

3 poverty   

n.贫穷， 贫困， 贫乏， 缺少

参考例句：

• We must continue to war against poverty and disease.我们一定要继续同贫穷和疾病作斗争。
• He showed his poverty in his knowledge of agriculture.他表现出缺乏对农业知识的了解。

4 entitled   

有资格的

参考例句：

• You will be entitled to your pension when you reach 65. 你到65岁就有资格享受养老金。
• He entitled us to enter his office at any time. 他授权给我们可以随时进入他的办公室。