重要的提醒和忠告●教诲、告诫约翰，向她道歉。John,apologizetoher.John,apologizetoher.(约翰，向她道歉。)I'mreallysorry.(真对不起。)约翰，你听我说!John,youlistentome!John,youlistentome!(约翰，你听我说!)Idon'twantto.(我不想听。)危险，别淘气。Watchout!Don'tplaywiththatthing.Mom,watch!(妈妈，你看!)Watchout!Don'tplaywiththatthing.(危险，别淘气。)自己的事情自己做。Doityourself.Canyoufixmybicycle?(能帮我修一下自行车吗?)Doityourself.(自己修。)Doitbyyourself.Doitforyourself.你别半途而废。Youshouldfinishwhatyoustart.I'mgoingtogiveup.(我想放弃了。)Youshouldfinishwhatyoustart.(你别半途而废。)Don'tleavethingshalfdone.*也可用halfdone来表示“半途而废”。我认输了。I'mreadytothrowinthetowel.*这是一句拳击用语，用来比喻“认输”。Youfailedtheexamagain.(你又没考上。)I'mreadytothrowinthetowel.(我认输了。)这是你(应尽)的责任。It'syourduty(todothat).*duty“(法律、道德上的)义务，应尽的责任”。It'suptoyoutodothat.(这是你应该做的。)It'syourresponsibility.(这是你分内的工作。)要善待他人。Begoodtoothers.Dountoothersasyouwouldhavedonetoyou.*正式的说法。Youshouldtreatotherskindly.Dountoothers.你要再三小心。Youcan'tbetoocareful.*直译“再小心也不为过”。Youcan'tbetoocareful.(你要再三小心。)That'strue.(那是当然。)It'sbesttobeassafeaspossible.(It's)bettersafethansorry.(保得安全总比后悔好。)三思而后行。Makeupyourmindafterthinkingitovercarefully.*makeupone'smind常用词组，表示decide(下决心)。带有“仔细考虑之后再下决定”的语感。Makeyourdecisionafteryougiveitalotofthought.Thinkitovercarefullybeforeyoudecide.我全靠你了。I'mcountingonyou.*这句表示“我全仗你了，你好好干”。I'mrelyingonyou.你终究会明白的。You'llsee.Idon'tthinkshe'smean.(我没觉得她有什么恶意。)You'llsee.(你终究会明白的。)You'llfindoutsoonenough.Timewilltell.(时间会证明一切。)冷静下来好好想想。Calmdownandthinkcarefully.*calmdown“冷静”、“镇静”。Calmdownandthinkcarefully.(冷静下来好好想想。)Ican't!(我做不到。)Calmdownandthinkaboutitclearly.这是最重要的事情。That'sthemostimportantthing.Weneedtoknowwho'sbuyingourproducts.(我们需要弄清楚谁买了我们的商品。)That'sthemostimportantthing.(这是最重要的事情。)That'sthenameofthegame.人要有自知之明。Don'tbiteoffmorethanyoucanchew.*biteoffmorethanonecanchew直译是“咬下了自己嚼不了的东西”，常用来表示“接受自己力所不及的工作”、“接受超过自己能力的事情”。Don'tattemptmorethanyouarecapableof.这事做起来没有太大价值。Thereisn'tmuchmeritindoingso.Thereisnoreasontodoso.Idon'tseethepoint(ofdoingthat).你还得再加把劲儿。Whatyouneedisalittlemoreeffort.*effort“努力”、“尽力”。Youshouldputalittlemoreeffortintoit.(你应该再加一把劲儿。)Youshouldtryalittleharder.(你应该再努力一点儿。)有点自尊心吧!Respectyourself.我希望你事事要积极。Ihopeyou'llbemorepositiveoverall.*positive“积极的”。Idon'tthinkIcandoit.(我觉得我做不了。)Ihopeyou'llbemorepositiveoverall.(我希望你事事要积极。)Ihopeyou'llbemorepositiveineveryway.Iwishyou'dbemorepositive.Youshouldbemoreoptimistic.(希望你能乐观点儿。)*optimistic“积极的”、“乐天派的”。你说得容易。That'seasyforyoutosay.Ifyoupracticehard,you'llgetagoldmedal.(如果你刻苦练习，一定能够得金牌。)That'seasyforyoutosay.(你说得容易。)你发什么牢骚?There'snoreasonforcomplaints.*complaint“不满”、“抱怨”、“诉苦”。Thereisnoreasontocomplain.Thereisnothingtocomplainabout.你脸上都写着呢呀!It'swrittenalloveryourface.Didyoupasstheexam?(考试都通过了?)Howdidyouknow?(你怎么知道的?)It'swrittenalloveryourface.(...
