英語自習室

wind [waɪnd] → to end, or to make an activity end

To wind up means to "end up". (結束；以…收尾)

A concerned father might warn his son, "If you don't study hard in school, you could wind up doing a low paying job for the rest of your life."

一位擔憂兒子的父親可能會對他的兒子說：「如果你不在學校認真讀書的話，你就只能做低薪工作度過下半輩子了。」

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情境影片：

"Well, well, well... Ms. Morgendorffer, where were you Monday afternoon?"

"Hmm... after watching frustrated faculty members, squander yet another day trying to teach the unteachable, I went home and studied so I won't wind up in a job that combines the stress level of a neurosurgeon with the pay scale of a video clerk."

「誒呀誒呀呀…Morgendorffer同學，周一下午妳人在哪裡？」

「嗯…見識到灰心喪志的教職成員，又白費一天功夫在不可教的孺子身上後，我回家讀書，以免將來去做那種壓力堪比神經外科醫師，薪水卻不敵影視出租店店員的工作。」

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