英语情景对话练习：DONT GET YOUR HOPES TOO HIGH

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　　英语情景对话练习：DONT GET YOUR HOPES TOO HIGH
　　Dialogue 17
　　laurance--They'll never help us.You know that old saying,
　　"You can't get blood out of a turnip."
　　soony--I know,I know.But that's no reason not to ask them.
　　laurance--We asked them last year and what did they say?
　　soony--actually,they didn't say anything.
　　laurance--Yeah.They didn't say anything and they didn't do
　　anything.
　　soony--I think they might do something this year.I was
　　talking to Gail last week and I thought I detected
　　a more friendly attitude.
　　laurance--There you go with your optimism!Don't get your
　　hopes too high!
　　soony--I won't,but it doesn't hurt to expect the best.
　　Sometimes you get it!
　　注解：
　　1）turnip：萝卜。
　　2）Gail：人名。
　　3）detect：察觉。
　　4）attitude：态度。
　　5）optimism：乐观主义（态度、情绪）
　　6）Don't get your hopes too high.=Don't expect too much.
　　high是宾语补足语。high hope是“奢望”。
　　7）It doesn't hurt to expect for the best：it是形式主语，
　　不定式短语to expect for the best是真正的主语。