Dream 夢想
The school of agriculture's dean of admissions was interviewing a prospective student. "Why have you chosen this career?" he asked.
農校的招生辦主任在面試一個上線的學生,“你為何要選擇這個職業?”他問。
"I dream of making a million dollars in farming, like my father," the student replied.
“我夢想以經營農場來賺一百萬元,就像我父親一樣。”這個學生回答說。
"Your father made a million dollars in farming?" echoed the impressed dean.
“你父親經營農場賺了一百萬元?”主任驚詫地問道。
"No," replied the applicant. "But he always dreamed of it.
“沒有,”這位申請人回答道,“他總是夢想著賺到這個數目。”
1.agriculture
n.農業;農耕;農業生產;農學
eg:We should give energetic support to agriculture.
我們要大力支援農業。
三大產業:
農業:agriculture
工業:industry
服務業:service industry
2.echo
echo是回聲的意思,在這里表示說主任因為太過驚訝而重復學生的話。
3.dream of
dream of的含義是“考慮那些自己認為不會發生的事”,這時應當用介詞of,在表示“夢中看到什么”時,通常用about。表示夢中見到。
I dreamed about you last night.
我昨夜里夢到你了。
當用來表示“想到”時,通常用of
I never dreamed of happiness like this.
我過去做夢也沒想到象這樣幸福。