PETS－2每日對話練習344

　　Candy: What are you saying? The professor shouldn't write nice things about me?
　　Ian: Look, even if that letter was accurate, an American admissions committee would just laugh at it.
　　Candy: Well, I don't think it's funny.
　　Ian: Your professor should praise you, but in a more balanced way. The letter can even have some criticism like “My only concern about Candy is her devotion to achieving perfection in her studies. I hope she can learn to balance leisure time with work.”
　　(續上期，下期續) 　　凱蒂：你說什麽？教授不該寫一些我的好話嗎？
　　伊恩：聽好，就算那封信是說真的，美國入學許可委員會看了也會笑出來。
　　凱蒂：我可不覺得好笑。
　　伊恩：你的教授是應該贊美你，但要用比較持平的方式。這封信甚至可以有一些批評，像是 ‘我擔心凱蒂的是她致力於達到研究的完美。我希望她可以學習在休閑與工作間取得平衡。’
　　重點解說： 　　★ accurate (a.) 精確的
　　★ praise (v.) 稱贊，贊敭
　　★ balanced (a.) 平衡的。balance A with B 指‘使A與B相平衡’
　　★ criticism (n.) 批評，評論
　　★ concern (n.) 關心的事，掛唸
　　★ devotion (n.) 獻身，熱愛
　　★ achieve (v.) 完成，達到 　　★ perfection (n.) 完美，盡善盡美
　　★ leisure (a.) 空閑的