賴世雄中級美國英語What a Dilemma!
Hoping to persuade her boyfriend to quit smoking, Jenny makes him an offer.
J: If you quit smoking, I'll marry you.
B: I don't want to make a promise I can't keep.
J: Is it that hard to quit smoking?
B: Well. You know I've tried many times already.
J: But this time you've got a big incentive to do it.
B: Uh… I'm not sure.
J: What aren't you sure about?
B: I do want to stop smoking. But if I do. I'll have to get married.
J: So?
B: I'm not so sure if I want to get married.
J: Well. You can't eat your cake and have it, too.
B: What a dilemma!
be in dilemma = be in predicament
be addicted to 上癮 a chain smoker 連續(xù)抽煙的人
My father persuaded my younger brother to study hard.
to dissuade sb from smoking 勸阻某人不要做
John offered to take us to dinner after the test. made an offer to take...
I married with him. 錯 應(yīng)說：I married him. or: I married to him.
make/keep a promise
They loved each other at first sight. 一見鐘情 不說：at the first sight
incentive n.誘因
sth be a good catch 釣大魚
The teacher told us that if we all passed the test, she would take us out to dinner. What a great incentive!
be sure of = be certain of
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