情景對話：

A: How are things at school?

最近學校里怎么樣??？

B: Fine!

挺好的。

A: Look, pumpkin, I hear that some of the students at your school are fooling around with drugs?

是這么回事，小鬼，我聽說你們學校有些學生在吸毒？

B: I know, but try to trust me, Dad. I will stick to my guns and keep saying no.

我聽說了，可是，爸，你要信任我。我會堅持原則，不跟他們混在一起的。

A: Young lady, I knew you would make the right decision.

好姑娘，我就知道你知道該怎么辦。

第一， 詞海拾貝

stick to one’s guns

exp. To remain determined, resolute, or steadfast in one's opinion, belief or to refuse to be persuaded by someone else into believing or doing something one does not agree with.（堅持原則，堅定立場）

e.g. The prosecution is going to try to trip you up with your statement and your alibi, but so long as you stick to your guns, there's nothing to worry about.

控方會試圖用你的陳述和不在場證明來絆倒你，但只要你堅持自己的立場，沒有什么可擔心的。

e.g. I really admire Jess for sticking to her guns during college, and not submitting to the peer pressure of those around her to drink or do drugs.

我真的很佩服Jess在大學期間堅持自己的立場，不屈服于周圍同齡人的壓力去喝酒或吸毒。

e.g. I have to admire the ladies who fifty years ago worked so hard to get women the right to vote. People laughed at them at first but they stuck to their guns and got the congress to pass the 19th Amendment back in 1920.

我很欽佩以前那些女士們，她們五十年前努力為婦女爭取選舉權。開始，許多人都笑話她們。但是，她們堅定不移，最后在1920年終于促使國會通過了美國憲法的第十九項修正案。

e.g Pumpkin, I hear that some of the students at your school are fooling around with drugs. But I hope, young woman, that you stick to your guns and keep saying no!

小鬼，我聽說你們學校的學生里有吸毒的現象。我希望你堅持正道，堅決抵制這種惡習！

第二， 語匯積累

1. fool around with：與……鬼混，胡鬧去做……

e.g. I'm going to go home, relax, spend some time with my family, catch up with old friends, and fool around with my boyfriend.

我要回家放松一下，花時間和家人團聚，見見老朋友，然后去男友那兒混日子。

e.g. You shouldn' t have let the children fool about / around with dangerous chemicals.

你不該讓孩子們胡鬧擺弄危險的化學品。

Why fool around with a lock when you can smash the door down?

既然你能把門砸開，干嗎要傻里傻氣地擺弄鎖呢？

2. say no：拒絕

e.g. I say no once for all.

我斷然拒絕。

e.g. You should never say no to the boss if you don't want to lose your job.

如果你不想失去工作，就要服從上司。

3. make the right decision：做出正確選擇

e.g. Tom has a good head on his shoulders. I'm sure he'll make the right decision about which house to buy.

湯姆很有主見，我相信他對該買哪棟房子會作出正確的決定。