They want me to go in for accountancy.
對(duì)話
David:Where did you get all those brochures from?
Peter:From the college careers adviser. I'm graduating this year and I've got to decide on a career.
David:What do your parents think?
Peter:They want me to go in for accountancy, because they think it will offer security and a good salary.
David:What do you feel about that?
Peter:Well, they have a point, but I'd rather go in for something a bit more interesting than fiddling around with figures all day.
David:Like what, for example?
Peter:I quite fancy journalism, being a foreign correspondent and traveling a lot.
戴維：你這許多小冊(cè)子是哪里拿來(lái)的?
彼得：是大學(xué)就業(yè)輔導(dǎo)員給我的。我今年要畢業(yè)了,須選擇自己的事業(yè)。
戴維：你父母怎樣想?
彼得：他們想要我從事會(huì)計(jì),認(rèn)為工作穩(wěn)定,薪水也很不錯(cuò)。
戴維：你自己怎樣想呢?
彼得：嗯,他們的確有道理,但我寧愿做些較有趣的工作,而不是整天埋頭于無(wú)聊的數(shù)字堆中。
戴維：你自己屬意什么樣的工作?
彼得：我頗喜歡新聞業(yè),做個(gè)國(guó)外通訊記者,可以到處游歷。
彼得說(shuō)父母主張他從事會(huì)計(jì)：My parents want me to go in for accountancy?！畷?huì)計(jì)的工作’或‘會(huì)計(jì)學(xué)’，英文叫accountancy或accounting都可以，例如：He thought of going into accounting/accountancy after graduation（他想過(guò)大學(xué)畢業(yè)后從事會(huì)計(jì)）。上述go into和go in for兩個(gè)動(dòng)詞詞組，意思都是‘從事（某種職業(yè)、活動(dòng)）’，沒(méi)有什么分別，這里不妨再舉一例：It never occurred to him that one day he would go in for/go into politics as an opposition leader（他從來(lái)沒(méi)想到，有一天，自己會(huì)以反對(duì)派領(lǐng)袖身份從政）。
彼得不大喜歡做會(huì)計(jì)師：I'd rather go in for something more interesting than fiddling around with figures all day。Fiddle是violin（小提琴）的俗稱，作動(dòng)詞指‘拉小提琴’。把那‘撥弄’的意思引伸，就是神經(jīng)質(zhì)的或心不在焉的用手不停玩弄，例如老師可以叫學(xué)生：Stop fiddling with your pen（別再玩弄你手上的筆）。Fiddle (around/about) with something也可解作‘花時(shí)間做些無(wú)用的事’，例如：He has been fiddling (around) with the car engine for hours, but I don't think he can fix it（他弄那汽車引擎弄了幾小時(shí)，但我認(rèn)為他無(wú)法修理好）。
留意I'd rather (would rather)這說(shuō)法。Would rather和had rather同義，都是‘寧愿’的意思，例如：I would/had rather do it now（我寧愿現(xiàn)在做）。不過(guò)，had rather一詞今天很少人用，多用would rather。
對(duì)話
David:Where did you get all those brochures from?
Peter:From the college careers adviser. I'm graduating this year and I've got to decide on a career.
David:What do your parents think?
Peter:They want me to go in for accountancy, because they think it will offer security and a good salary.
David:What do you feel about that?
Peter:Well, they have a point, but I'd rather go in for something a bit more interesting than fiddling around with figures all day.
David:Like what, for example?
Peter:I quite fancy journalism, being a foreign correspondent and traveling a lot.
戴維：你這許多小冊(cè)子是哪里拿來(lái)的?
彼得：是大學(xué)就業(yè)輔導(dǎo)員給我的。我今年要畢業(yè)了,須選擇自己的事業(yè)。
戴維：你父母怎樣想?
彼得：他們想要我從事會(huì)計(jì),認(rèn)為工作穩(wěn)定,薪水也很不錯(cuò)。
戴維：你自己怎樣想呢?
彼得：嗯,他們的確有道理,但我寧愿做些較有趣的工作,而不是整天埋頭于無(wú)聊的數(shù)字堆中。
戴維：你自己屬意什么樣的工作?
彼得：我頗喜歡新聞業(yè),做個(gè)國(guó)外通訊記者,可以到處游歷。
彼得說(shuō)父母主張他從事會(huì)計(jì)：My parents want me to go in for accountancy?！畷?huì)計(jì)的工作’或‘會(huì)計(jì)學(xué)’，英文叫accountancy或accounting都可以，例如：He thought of going into accounting/accountancy after graduation（他想過(guò)大學(xué)畢業(yè)后從事會(huì)計(jì)）。上述go into和go in for兩個(gè)動(dòng)詞詞組，意思都是‘從事（某種職業(yè)、活動(dòng)）’，沒(méi)有什么分別，這里不妨再舉一例：It never occurred to him that one day he would go in for/go into politics as an opposition leader（他從來(lái)沒(méi)想到，有一天，自己會(huì)以反對(duì)派領(lǐng)袖身份從政）。
彼得不大喜歡做會(huì)計(jì)師：I'd rather go in for something more interesting than fiddling around with figures all day。Fiddle是violin（小提琴）的俗稱，作動(dòng)詞指‘拉小提琴’。把那‘撥弄’的意思引伸，就是神經(jīng)質(zhì)的或心不在焉的用手不停玩弄，例如老師可以叫學(xué)生：Stop fiddling with your pen（別再玩弄你手上的筆）。Fiddle (around/about) with something也可解作‘花時(shí)間做些無(wú)用的事’，例如：He has been fiddling (around) with the car engine for hours, but I don't think he can fix it（他弄那汽車引擎弄了幾小時(shí)，但我認(rèn)為他無(wú)法修理好）。
留意I'd rather (would rather)這說(shuō)法。Would rather和had rather同義，都是‘寧愿’的意思，例如：I would/had rather do it now（我寧愿現(xiàn)在做）。不過(guò)，had rather一詞今天很少人用，多用would rather。