【一起闲话英语】最后悔莫及的事情-Big Regret

 Arienne, Norway

speaker My one regret... I can't really answer that because I don't really have any regrets. All my life I have basically¹ had a few dreams and my dreams I have basically fulfilled³. My first dream was going to the United⁴ States on exchange and I did that and then my second big dream was going to Japan on exchange, which I also did, and I'm very happy about the fact that I am able to fulfill² my dreams because not all people can do what I've been able to do.

 

Jeff, Canada

speaker Regrets! I don't regret very much but I have a couple of regrets. One is that I played too much sports when I was young and I didn't pick up any music. I would have liked to play a musical instrument, and my other regret is that I'm uni-lingual. I only speak one language and I would have liked to learn another language when I was young.

 

Shibika, Oman

speaker My biggest regret is not accepting a scholarship⁵ offer that I was given a few years ago. Instead I took another offer and I do regret it even though I'm happy where I'm at right now, but I wish I had taken that offer before.

 

Fred, Canada

speaker OK, my biggest regret! My biggest regret would have to be four years ago, I was living in Spain and I was having such a great time and then for some reasons, I had to go back to Canada and still to this day, I'm having a hard time with that decision. I wish I had stayed in Spain because my life was so great. I was going to the beach every day and it was such a sunny country and the people were very nice.

 

Kevin, South Korea⁶

speaker About seven or eight years ago, I was staying in Canada, but I had to come back then because my father had some problem in his company, but he told us that we could stay for a year or two longer, but so I hope I could have stayed a little longer.

 

Rebecca, Australia

speaker One of my regrets is that I have not traveled. When I was younger, I really wished that I could have traveled overseas⁷ during high school, taken up some exchange programs like I am now, through university, even traveled with my family overseas, but then it does have its own problems, that I have been able to travel in my own country throughout⁸ the years, so that's my regret.

1 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

2 fulfill   

vt.履行，实现，完成；满足，使满意

参考例句：

• If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
• This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。

3 fulfilled   

adj.满足的，个人志向得以实现的v.满足( fulfil的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；尽到；应验

参考例句：

• He doesn't feel fulfilled in his present job. 目前的工作未能让他感到满足。
• I withheld payment until they had fulfilled the contract. 他们履行合同后，我才付款。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

5 scholarship   

n.学问，学术成就，奖学金

参考例句：

• The girl who won the scholarship was quite outstanding.得奖学金的女孩是相当杰出的。
• I made up my mind to apply for a scholarship.我决定申请奖学金。

6 Korea   

n.朝鲜(亚洲)

参考例句：

• Korea lies to the east of China.韩国位于中国东面。
• Korea and China are separated by only the Yalu River.朝鲜和中国只隔一条鸭绿江。

7 overseas   

adj.海外的；adv.在海外

参考例句：

• Her man has been sent overseas by his employers.她的丈夫已被雇主派往海外。
• Many firms are focusing on increasing their markets overseas.许多商行都专注于扩大国外市场。

8 throughout   

adv.到处，自始至终；prep.遍及，贯穿

参考例句：

• These magazines are sold at bookstores throughout the country.这些杂志在全国各地书店均有发售。
• Guilin is known throughout the world for its scenery.桂林以山水著称于世。