迷你对话学地道口语第17期:死胡同

[00:00:01] Why did Tom quit the job?
Tom为什么要辞职？
[00:06:02] He said his present job seemed to be a blind alley¹.
他说目前的工作暗淡。
[00:11:41] If he does not change his attitude toward his work, I do not think a new job can make any difference.
如果他不改变对工作的态度，即使再换一份新工作也不会有什么变化。

　　习语：a blind alley
讲解: 这是一个名词性短语，alley是胡同，小巷的意思。从字面上理解，是“瞎胡同”“死胡同”，引申为“前途暗淡”“行不通”之义。
Eg. When he invested in that business, he went up a blind alley.
当他投资做那个生意时，他就走上了一条绝路。
Eg. Bob did not take the job because it was a blind alley.
鲍勃没有接受此职，因为它没有发展前途。
迷你对话：
A :Why did Tom quit the job？
Tom为什么要辞职？
B :He said his present job seemed to bea blind alley.
他说目前的工作暗淡。
A :If he doesn't change his attitude toward his work, I don't think a new job canmake any difference.
如果他不改变对工作的态度，即使再换一份新工作也不会有什么变化。
词海拾贝：
quit a job 辞职
Eg. He has a good mind to quit that job.
他很想辞去那份工作。
Eg. It would be folly² to quit your job before finding a new one.
在你找到新的工作前就辞职是不明智的。
change one's attitude to sth 改变对......的态度
If you don't change your attitude to your study, your will be sure to go into a blind alley.
如果你不改变对学习的态度，你是没有什么前途的。
make some difference 有些 ... 作用或影响, 区别
Eg. Flowers make some difference to a room.
鲜花没有使房间有所不同。
Eg. This is an area where I believe some creative collaborations and partnerships³ could make a difference.
我认为,这是通过某种创造性合作与伙伴关系可以改观的领域。
Eg. Now I've worked on issues like these for a long time, some of them for30 years, and I am determined⁴ to make a difference for all of you.
长期以来,我一直在为这些问题奔忙,有些问题甚至我已经为之奋斗了30年之久,我决心让这些问题得到改观。

1 alley   

n.小巷，胡同；小径，小路

参考例句：

• We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。
• The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。

2 folly   

n.愚笨，愚蠢，蠢事，蠢行，傻话

参考例句：

• Learn wisdom by the folly of others.从别人的愚蠢行动中学到智慧。
• Events proved the folly of such calculations.事情的进展证明了这种估计是愚蠢的。

3 partnerships   

n.伙伴关系( partnership的名词复数 )；合伙人身份；合作关系

参考例句：

• Partnerships suffer another major disadvantage: decision-making is shared. 合伙企业的另一主要缺点是决定要由大家来作。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• It involved selling off limited partnerships. 它涉及到售出有限的合伙权。 来自辞典例句

4 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。