迷你對話學地道口語第1851期:爲時尚早
第一，迷你對話
A: How long will it take you to write your paper?
你寫論文要多長時間？
B: It'll take about a fortnight.
大約兩週。
A: I know you will write out a good article.
我知道你會寫出好文章的。
B: I'll try my best. But it's too early in the day to know whether my paper is a success or not.
我會盡力的，但現在評價我的論文是否成功爲時尚早。
第二，詞海拾貝
early in the day：爲時尚早
e.g. The school has only been open for six months, so it's early in the day to evaluate its success.
這所學校開辦還不過六個月，所以要對它的成績作出評價爲時尚早。
e.g. It's early in the day to look for results.
現在便期望有結果爲時尚早。
e.g. It is early in the day to assess the effects of the new legislation.
現在來評價新法規的效果爲時尚早。
e.g. As for your suggestion about investment, we consider it early in the day for us to come into this question.
關於你方的投資建議，我們認爲考慮這個問題還爲時太早。
第三，語彙積累
1. write out：寫出，記錄下來，寫下來
e.g. Why don't you write out a speech and get it by heart?
你爲什麼不寫出一份講稿，然後把它背下來？
e.g. They set to work very diligently to write out a history of the accident.
他們立刻非常起勁地把這一事件的經過記錄下來。
2. try one’s best：盡力
e.g. I have tried my best, but I still can't speak it very well.
我已經盡我最大努力了。但我仍然講不好。
e.g. The hostess tried her best to place the litter girl at her ease.
女主人儘量使小姑娘消除緊張情緒。
3...：太......而不能
e.g. The print is too small to read for me to read without a pair of glasses.
字體太小了，我不戴眼鏡看不清楚。
e.g. The box is too heavy to for the boy to carry.
箱子太重了，這個男孩提不起。
e.g. It is too expensive for her to buy.
這太貴了，她賣不起。
