迷你对话学地道口语第628期:欲达目的,必付代价

　　Subject：You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs.
迷你对话
A: You have never tried your best in your work! How can you make progress.
你在工作上从来没有尽力，你怎么可能取得进步呢？
B: You have said the saying to me many times: You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs. But I ...
“做任何事情不努力的话，是得不到结果的。”你已经说过很多遍了，可是我......
地道表达
You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs.
1. 解词释义
此句是美国的一条谚语。字面意思是“想吃煎蛋卷，就得打鸡蛋。”跟中文中说的“天下没有白吃的午餐。”意思相近。引申为“不破不立”“欲达目的，必付代价”“有得必有失”。
2. 拓展例句
A: I failed in the final exam because I had not studied too hard.
我没有很用功学习，我考试没有及格。
B: Now, you learn the lesson. You cannot make omelet without breaking eggs.
现在你知道错了呀，做任何事情不努力的话，是得不到结果的。
Ps 1：make progress的意思是“取得进步”。例如：
Modesty¹ helps one to make progress, conceit² makes one lag behind.
虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后。
This was a refusal to change, to make progress.
这就是墨守成规, 不愿进步。
Ps 2：try one’s best的意思是“努力，尽力”。例如：
I try my best, but the coach finds fault with everything I do.
我已经尽力了，但是教练仍然百般对我做的每一件事挑剔。
We must try our best to lay his doubts.
我们要尽力消除他的顾虑。

1 modesty   

n.谦逊，虚心，端庄，稳重，羞怯，朴素

参考例句：

• Industry and modesty are the chief factors of his success.勤奋和谦虚是他成功的主要因素。
• As conceit makes one lag behind,so modesty helps one make progress.骄傲使人落后，谦虚使人进步。

2 conceit   

n.自负，自高自大

参考例句：

• As conceit makes one lag behind,so modesty helps one make progress.骄傲使人落后，谦虚使人进步。
• She seems to be eaten up with her own conceit.她仿佛已经被骄傲冲昏了头脑。