情景英语：中级美语对话(第106讲)

106. What a Dilemma¹！ p.228

　　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 incentive² 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！

　　be in dilemma = be in predicament

　　be addicted³ to 上瘾   a chain smoker⁴ 连续抽烟的人

　　My father persuaded my younger brother to study hard.

　　to dissuade⁵ 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/break 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