評論
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實用對話
Expressing Pessimism表示悲觀
Mary: I'm a little confused right now. Why did you give up your contract again?
瑪麗：我真是有點兒糊涂了。你為什么又放棄這個合同了呢？
John: I hate to sound pessimistic, but I felt we were just a little too busy to handle another new project.
約翰：我不是悲觀，只是我覺得我們太忙了，恐怕沒有時間來接手新項目。
Mary: But you could have transferred the contract to one of our other companies.
瑪麗：但是你可以把這個合同轉到我們其他的公司啊。
John: We don't have another company that can handle such a big project, and I would hate to lose a customer because we did something wrong or not very well.
約翰：我們沒有其他公司可以接手這么大的項目，我不想因為我們的失誤或是沒有做好而失去客戶。
Mary: Sometimes, I don't think I understand you. Are you afraid of a little hard work?
瑪麗：有時候，我覺得自己真是不了解你啊。你就這么害怕稍微有點兒難度的工作嗎？
John: It's not that. We can't do that, It's too difficult. We'll probably screw it up. I'm just thinking about the future. I hope our customers can appreciate that it is their concerns that made me choose this.
約翰：不是這樣的。我們不行的，太難了，很有可能會搞砸的。我是在為將來著想。我希望我們的客戶能明白，是基于他們的利益我才做出這樣的決定的。
