第三十一課: 

今天要學的詞是quit。Quit就是停止，認輸，說白了就是：不幹了。網球大將Agassi結束了他21年的網球生涯。有人問他為什麼不早一點退休。他回答說： If I wanted to quit, I would have done it a long time ago. I didn't come here to quit. 要是我想不幹，我早就會那麼做了。 我不是來認輸的。

Bill Gates中途退學，後來成為一個成功的商人 - Bill Gates quit school and became a successful businessman. 我以前的老闆老是挑我的毛病 - My former boss always picked on me， 我實在忍無可忍。有一天我對他說："I quit, I've had enough!" 我不幹了。我受夠了！ 噢，對不起，我該下班了 - Sorry, it's time for me to quit. 今天學的一個詞是quit...

在別人控制之下生活是很痛苦的 - It's painful to live at the mercy of someone else。例如，那個秘書是否會被解雇， Whether or not the secretary will be fired, she is at the mercy of her boss。你週末想去爬山嗎？We are at the mercy of the weather - 這在於天氣。今天學的片語是at the mercy of...