第三十九讲

    Text Study
    Para. 2 When I told my father, he asked, “Whydid you say no?”
    Para. 3 “Well, there’s no way I could win,” I told him.
    Para. 4 My father looked at me. “If you’re going to go through life never wanting to lose, you’re never going to do anything,” he said. “There’s no shame in trying and losing, because there are always going to be people better than you.”

    Translation
    Para. 2 我对父亲说了这事，他问我，“你为什么不参加竞选？”
    Para. 3 “哎呀，我根本不可能获胜。”我说。
    Para. 4 父亲看着我，“假如你这辈子从不想经历失败，那你永远也做不成任何事情。尝试并失败了，并没有什么可耻的，因为世上总有比你优秀的人。”

    Para. 3
    3. “Well, there's no way I could win,” I told him. (Para. 3)
    “哎呀，我根本不可能获胜。”我对他说。
    (there is) no way somebody could do something: 某人根本不可能做某事
    e.g.
    a. “ Do you want to help?” “No way.”
    你会提供帮助吗？ 决不。
    b. There is no way we could afford that amount of money.
    我们根本付不起那笔钱。
    go through
    经历，遭受
    e.g.
    a. We went through hell while working on this project.
    执行这一计划时我们经历了许多困难。
    b. She has been going through a bad patch (暂时的困难)recently.
    她最近比较倒霉。

    shame
    n. 羞耻，
    e.g.
    Her cheeks glowed with shame.
    她面颊羞得发红。
    n. 耻辱
    e.g.
    His bad behavior brings shame on the whole school.
    他的恶劣行为使整个学校蒙受耻辱。
    n. 羞愧可耻的人( 或事物)
    e.g.
    It's a shame you can't stay with us.
    你不能留下来和我们在一起, 真是太遗憾了。