A: Oi, could you keep the noise down? I’m trying to finish my homework.
B: Wow, you still haven’t finished doing your winter vacation assignment! You still have to hand it in. I finished mine before the Lunar New Year.
A: I’m always like this, leaving things until the last minute. Even last year, when we were off until March, I only handed it in right at the end.
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B: And yet, I notice that you’re always the first to complete binge-watching a season, hehe.
A: Oh, come on, they’re hardly the same thing, are they?
B: But if you got your homework done first, then you could relax over the rest of the vacation, couldn’t you?
A: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I guess you’re right. Now, I don’t suppose you could let me get on with it?
A: 噓……你別吵,我還在趕作業。
B: 哇,你寒假作業還沒寫完喔?等下就要交了耶,我過年前就做完了。
A: 沒辦法,我每次都拖到最後一秒。去年寒假放到三月,我也是最後才交。
B: 可是追劇你都是最先看完的,哈哈!
A: 拜託,這怎麼能夠相提並論?
B: 可是如果你先把功課做完,剩下的時間不就可以放心地玩了?
A: 對對對,你說得沒錯,你到底要不要讓我寫啊?
(Translated by Paul Cooper, Taipei Times/台北時報林俐凱)
English 英文:
Chinese 中文:
“Get on”
Phrasal verb meaning continue/ proceed/ hurry, generally following a short pause.
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