2015年ESL之日常生活 03 Defying Orders
时间：2018-12-27 作者：英语课 分类：2015年ESL之日常生活
Defying Orders
Carol: Hey, where are you going?
Miguel: We can’t sit here doing nothing.
Carol: We have orders to stay here and to keep watch. You know as well as I do what the consequences are of defying orders.
Miguel: I don’t care what kind of punishment I get. I can’t sit still and let things happen without an attempt at intervention 1.
Carol: What are you going to do, enter the fray 2 without a plan?
Miguel: I have a plan. I’m going to stop what’s going on using whatever means necessary.
Carol: By doing what? Have you thought this through?
Miguel: I’ll get the lay of the land and then formulate 3 some options. Everything will work out.
Carol: And I suppose you expect me to go with you, to stick my neck out, too?
Miguel: That’s up to you. I’m not twisting your arm.
Carol: How do you know that if I stay here, I won’t squeal 4 on you?
Miguel: I don’t. I guess I just have to rely on your sense of honor.
Carol: Oh, come on, let’s go.
Miguel: You’re coming with me?
Carol: Against my better judgment 5!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
- Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。
- Why should you get involved in their fray?你为什么要介入他们的争吵呢？
- Tempers began to fray in the hot weather.大热天脾气烦燥。
- He took care to formulate his reply very clearly.他字斟句酌，清楚地做了回答。
- I was impressed by the way he could formulate his ideas.他陈述观点的方式让我印象深刻。