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第八部 第十五课: stick to something , give something a shot
- 今天 Larry 和李华要到体育馆去和几个朋友打篮球．李华会学到两个常用语： stick to something 和 give something a shot.
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- Hey, Li Hua, are you looking forward to today's game?
- 嗨哟～，其实我的篮球打得不怎麼样．我倒想啊试试其他的运动。
- You'll get better. You've only been playing basketball for a few weeks. You have to stick to something if you want to become good at it.
- 对喔，我才打了几个星期的篮球！可是你怎麼说要我 stick to something. Stick 不是黏的意思(吗)？这跟打篮球有甚麼关係啊？
- To "stick to something" means that you continue to do it and don't give up.
- 哦～，我懂了， stick to something 就是坚持不懈、继续做某件事．哎，那不就像我们中文裡说的「持之以恆」嘛！你的意思是，要是我想打好篮球，就得不断地练习囉！
- That's right. You've stuck to practicing English for a long time, and now your English is much better. Right?
- 你说的对，我学英文倒是尽量的多说，不断地练习．对了， Larry，那 stick to something 除了运动、学语言，我还可以用在什麼地方呢？
- Well, a person can stick to a decision, too. If I decide to learn Chinese, and I stick to my decision, that means I don't change my mind or give up.
- 哦～，如果一个人坚持自己的决定，也可以说 stick to one's decision．那～，一个立场不坚定，经常 flip-flop 的人可就不能这麼说囉！
- That's right. Very good use of the term flip-flop, by the way.
- 谢谢．不过啊，有的时候要坚持做一件事还真不容易哎．就好比打篮球，我已经不知道我是不是真的喜欢打篮球了。
- Remember how hard English was at first? But you stuck to it and now it's much easier, right?
- 好像是这样啦．哎，你觉得打篮球也会像学英文一样，只要我坚持练习，就会越来越容易吗？
- I do. You'll see. So, have you decided to play in today's game after all?
- 好吧，我来试试看囉，也许啊就像你说的，多练习，我就能打好球！
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- Larry，那个篮球架子太远了啦，我肯定投不进！
- Come on, Li Hua, give it a shot. It's okay if you miss.
- Larry，我是在投球哎！你怎麼叫我给它一枪？ "Give it a shot" ，那是甚麼意思啊？
- To give something a shot is to go ahead and try something, even if you don't expect to be successful.
- 嗨，我还以為 give it a shot 是开枪呢！原来啊， give it a shot 就是试一试，不管啊会不会成功．好吧．那我就投囉！可是啊我一定投不进啦！
- Hey, look, you made it! That's three more points for our team! See, it never hurts to give something a shot.
- 哇喔！太棒了！我居然投进了哎！对了，Larry，give it a shot，我是不是还能用在其他的地方啊？
- Just about anything. For instance, I'd like to give sailing a shot, even though I've never sailed a boat before in my life.
- 你想学开船啊！我倒想试试开飞机呢！
- Hey, slow down. We all know what your driving is like. I don't think it's a good idea for you to fly a plane.
- 嘿！我的开车技术有甚麼不好？再说，刚才是你告诉我，不管结果如何，都应该去试一试的啊！
- Maybe if you stick to driving for a while and get better at it, then you can give flying a shot.
- 哎哟，其实啊我也是说说而已啦，我根本就没钱去上飞行课．不过，如果有机会，我会去试试的喔！
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语，一个是： stick to something，就是「坚持不懈、继续做某件事」．第二个常用语是： give it a shot，这是「试一试」的意思，「哪怕你认為不会成功，但也可以一试」。
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