情景對話：

A: The teacher told my father that he was not to be a soldier when he was young, but he stayed the course and finally became an officer.

老師告訴我的爸爸在他小的時候，他不適合當一名軍人，但他堅持不懈努力到底，最后終于成了一名軍官。

B: He is really a tough man.

他真是一個執著的人。

A: So when you told me that I couldn't be a reporter, I know I can.

所以當你告訴我說我不能成為一名記者時，我知道我能。

B: Well, it would be a miracle.

那可真是個奇跡。

第一， 詞海拾貝

stay the course

exp. To manage to finish something that is very difficult or unpleasant and takes a long time. （不畏艱難，堅持到底）

e.g. If you can't stay the course when things get a bit messy, then you just aren't cut out for this line of work.

如果你不能在事情有點亂的時候堅持下去，那么你就不適合做這一行。

e.g. The training takes years and a great deal of work, but if you stay the course, the rewards are fantastic.

訓練是需要長久的時間和大量的功課的，但如果你不畏困難堅持到底，就會取得巨大的成功。

e.g. So many would-be slimmers fail to stay the course and fall by the wayside.

有很多想身材苗條的人沒能堅持到底而中途敗下陣來。

第二， 語匯積累

tough man：堅強的人

e.g. He was the tough man, sounding warnings and bringing bad news.

他是一個一絲不茍的人，敢于向人們敲起警鐘，報告壞消息。

e.g. For once Brown, the tough man, was asking for support.

只有這一次，布朗這個硬漢開口求人了。