第一，情景對話

A: I hear you are planning to go abroad?

聽說你打算出國？

B: Yeah. I'm making preparations.

是的。我正在準備。

A: Have you thought it over? It's not easy to live in a strange country.

你考慮好了嗎？在一個陌生的國家生活不是一件容易的事。

B: I know. But I want to see more while I'm young.

我知道。但我想在年輕的時候多見識見識。

A: I agree. Going through the mill in one's life is not a bad thing.

A我同意你的看法。一個人在生活中經受些磨難倒不是什么壞事。

第二，詞海拾貝

go through the mill

變異：be through the mill

exp. To experience a very difficult period in your life with many problems.（經歷磨難或痛苦）

e.g. She's been through the mill these last few years — the collapse of her marriage and her career and a serious illness on top of that.

在過去的幾年里，她經歷了磨難和痛苦：家庭的分裂，事業的崩潰，除此之外，還患上重病。

e.g. It's been an incredibly tough tour and we have all been through the mill.

這是一次非常艱難的旅行，我們都經歷了磨難。

e.g. I went through the mill as a kid in high school.

當我還是個高中生的時候，我經歷了很多磨難。

第三，語匯積累

1.go abroad：出國

e.g. He saved up his money so that he might go abroad for his vacation.

他攢錢以便他能到國外度假。

e.g. Mark was going for the scholarship in order to go abroad.

馬克想拿到獎學金出國念書。

2.make a preparation：準備

e.g. Then what should a secretary do to make a preparation for a meeting?

那么秘書應做些什么樣的準備工作呢？

e.g. Driven beyond endurance, they led the villagers to arm themselves and make a preparation for action.

他們忍無可忍，領導鄉親們拿起武器準備行動。

3.think over：認真考慮

e.g. Think over the matter and then make a decision.

這件事情斟酌斟酌再定。

e.g. Elinor was then at liberty to think over the representations of her mother.

埃莉諾此時能自由地去思考她母親的陳述了。

e.g. I'll think over your suggestion again.

我將再次仔細考慮你的建議。

in a strange country：在異國他鄉，在一個陌生的國家