格言諺語學英語》師父引進門，修行在個人 |
| 2009/02/23 |
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. 【執筆／台科大應用外語系助理教授黃玟君】 這諺語直譯是「你可以引導一隻馬到水邊，但你不能強迫牠喝水」，意思就是「你可以要別人或告訴別人怎麼做一件事，但如果對方不願意聽從，你最終還是無法強迫對方完全照你的心意做」。最近台灣島內最熱門的新聞便是前第一家庭的貪污洗錢案。照理說若罪證確鑿，犯錯者應該勇於認錯，並乞求社會原諒，但涉案人往往不認為自己有罪，即使道歉也是點到為止，讓人不禁感嘆you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink，的確，這種事除非當事人真的痛定思痛、真心改過，旁人實在無法強迫其改變，只能留待司法判決！ 實用對話Conversation
B: What's wrong? Haven't you been prepping him for stardom? A: That's right. We've been sending him to talent schools since he was little. He has studied drawing, music,singing, dancing, posture... B: So what happened? A: He decided to take up the culinary arts. He wants to become a chef someday. His future is doomed! B: Sigh. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. Being a chef isn't half bad. I guess you should just let him be.
A: 我真是快被我家的小查氣死了！我為他所花的錢都白費了… B: 怎麼了？你不是一直在栽培他成為明星嗎？ A: 是啊，我們從小就讓他上才藝班，學畫畫、音樂、唱歌、舞蹈、美姿美儀… B:結果呢？ A: 結果他現在竟然決定去作菜、當廚師！他前途無亮了！ B: 唉，師父引進門，修行在個人。當廚師也不差。我看你就讓他順其自然吧。 字彙Vocabulary (have) had it 受夠了；忍無可忍 fortune (n.) 鉅款 go down the drain 前功盡棄；付諸流水 prep (v.) 使做好準備 stardom (n.) 演藝圈；明星身份 talent school 才藝學校 posture (n.) 姿態 take up 開始從事 culinary (adj.) 廚房的；烹飪的 chef (n.) 廚師 future (n.) 未來 doomed (adj.) 注定失敗的 lead (v.) 引導 let (someone, something, etc.) be 順其自然 （本欄每周日刊登） 【2009-02-15/聯合報/C3版/教育】
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