習語口語對話大全(MP3+中英字幕) 第359期:wishful thinking

wishful thinking

打如意算盤

A:Jane's mother always wants her to marry a big shot.

A:珍的媽媽一直想讓她嫁給有錢人。

B:That is just wishful thinking. The cost of higher education has inereased in recent years faster than the cost of living. So she wants Jane's brother to go on studying and earn his doctorate by means ot it.

B：那只是她的如意算盤，近年來高等教育費用增長速度比生活費用增長快，所以她想通過這種方式讓珍的弟弟取得博士學位。

A:But it's unfair for Jane.

A：但是這對珍太不公平。