450)h=450">Lisa請Shirley吃飯，說自己想回學校去讀個碩士或是博士學位，徵求Shirley的意見。Shirley說，Shirley: I got my Master's in Business Management. It's helped my career, but it took several years of hard studying. If I didn't have a supportive family and a husband with a good job, I don't think I could have done it.L: ---1---?S: Not necessarily, but I do recommend taking a slow approach. ---2---?L: Might be ley唸的商業管理碩士學位，她覺得，自己之所以能讀下來，靠的是家人的支持，和老公的高收入。Lisa問Shirley是不是勸她放棄這種想法，so you're counseling me against it? to counsel someone against something意思是勸說某人不要做某事。Shirley說，not necessarily那也不一定。她建議Lisa慢慢來，take a slow approach, 看能不能邊工作邊選課。Lisa覺得不太實際。S: Maybe you could get an MBA or something more marketable.L: That's worth considering.S: I got my BA from Brown University. My major was Environmental Studies but that hasn't been as useful as the business courses I took.L: Or maybe I should just take some courses that I'm interested in, but skip the Master's.S: That's another idea, ---3---! Going back to school is hard, but it's not ley勸Lisa考慮其他更容易找高薪工作的專業。不過，她同時也鼓勵Lisa說，if you really have a dream, don't let anything stop you from going for it! 如果這真是你的夢想的話，那就不要讓任何事情阻擋你。L: You're right! I need to decide if this is truly what I want.S: And take your time. You're still young. ---4---.L: Yeah! Then I could slowly build up credits and maybe later transfer into a university program.S: There you go! That's some clear thinking.L: I guess I just love learning! I remember the day my SAT test scores came back....I was so excited! S: (chuckle) I don't remember loving school quite so much....---5---. But like I said earlier, if you have a dream, don't let anything hold you back! Shirley說，Lisa甚至可以抽空先選幾門correspondence course函授課程，這樣可以慢慢積攢一些學分credits, 以後如果真想讀學位，也可以用得上。她再次強調說，If you have a dream, don't let anything hold you back. 意思是有夢想，就不要讓任何事情拉你的後腿。So you're counseling me against this ideaCan you take some night classes or find some way to keep working while you go back to schoolbut if you really have a dream, don't let anything stop you from going for itMaybe there's even a correspondence course you can take during your free timemost of the time I was either bored or totally stressed out1. 所以你建議我放棄這個想法？2. 你可以上夜校或者邊工作邊讀。3. 但如果你真有夢想的話，勇往直前吧。4. 或許你可以在空時上一下函授課程。5. 大部分時間我要麼很無趣要麼很緊張。——譯文來自: ausko這篇材料你能聽出多少？點擊這裏做聽寫，提高外語水平>>
