英語自習室

"The worst thing you can do with homework is put it off until later."

「面對作業，最糟糕的做法就是拖到之後再做。」

"That's right. It's called procrastination."

「沒錯，這就叫做拖延。」

"Pro-cas-ta-what?"

「拖...什麼？」

"Procrastination: putting off a job 'til tomorrow when you know it should be done today."

「拖延：將今天就該完成的事延遲到明天。」

"Hey, Mom, could we hike up to Blueberry Hill Lookout on Saturday to celebrate?"

「嘿，媽，我們星期六可不可以去藍莓山丘景觀台健行，當作慶祝？」

"Ooh, that sounds like fun. I think I could manage to put off the yard work."

「嗚，聽起來很好玩，我想我可以想辦法把院子裡的工作延後。」

"I could pack a nice picnic lunch."

「我可以打包一頓很棒的野外午餐。」

"You know Franklin, putting off unpleasant tasks until later, often has a way of making more work."

「你知道嗎，富蘭克林，把討厭的任務延到之後再做，常常會帶來更多的工作。」

"Huh? What do you mean?"

「蛤？什麼意思？」

"Well, let's take the garden for instance. If I put off pulling weeds when they're little, they grow up and spread their seeds so I have even more weeds to pull."

「我們以花園為例，如果當雜草還小的時候，我延後拔除它們，它們就會長大，然後散播它們的種子，因此就會有更多的雜草要拔。」

"Sorry we didn't catch the murderer, Holmes. And I'm afraid you'll have to catch her without me. My wedding is tomorrow."

「抱歉，我們沒抓到兇手，福爾摩斯。而且我恐怕你得自己去抓她了。明天是我的婚禮。」

"Yes, about that, you know, I was thinking. Maybe you should put that off for a little while. You know, sow a few more wild oats."

「是的，關於那個，你知道的，我想在，也許你應該把婚禮延後一小段時間。你知道的，稍微放縱玩樂一下。」