106. What a Dilemma! p.228
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：赖世雄中级美国英语
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 1 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 2!
be in dilemma = be in predicament
be addicted 3 to 上瘾 a chain smoker 4 连续抽烟的人
My father persuaded my younger brother to study hard.
to dissuade 5 sb from smoking 劝阻某人不要做
John offered to take us to dinner after the test. made an offer to take...
I married with him. 错 应说：I married him. or: I married to him.
make/keep a promise
They loved each other at first sight. 一见钟情 不说：at the first sight
incentive n.诱因
sth be a good catch 钓大鱼
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
- Money is still a major incentive in most occupations.在许多职业中，钱仍是主要的鼓励因素。
- He hasn't much incentive to work hard.他没有努力工作的动机。
- I am on the horns of a dilemma about the matter.这件事使我进退两难。
- He was thrown into a dilemma.他陷入困境。
- He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
- She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。