情景对话：

A: You'd better think it over before you act.

你要三思而后行。

B: I have made a decision and it can't be changed.

我决心已定，不会改变。

A: Well, you should be ready to take the consequences of what you will do.

那好吧，你应该对你要做的事带来的后果做好准备。

B: Don't worry. whatever happens, I'll face it bravely myself.

别担心——不管发生什么事，我都会勇敢面对的。

一， 词海拾贝

take the concequences of：承担……的后果

e.g. If one does not conform to the law, one must take the consequences of his crime.

谁不守法就应该承担其罪行的后果。

e.g. Dick wasted much of the fund owing to mismanagement, so now he must take the concequences of his poor management .

由于管理不善，迪克浪费了大量资金，所以现在他必须承认管理不善的后果。

二， 语汇积累

1. think over：仔细考虑

e.g. You had better think over the matter at your leisure.

你最好有空的时候把那事情仔细想一下。

e.g. Elinor was then at liberty to think over the representations of her mother.

Elinor此时能自由地去思考她母亲的陈述了。

e.g. I'll think over your suggestion again.

我将再次仔细考虑你的建议。

2. make a decision：做决定

e.g. It's hard to make a decision without knowing all the facts.

不知道全部实情，很难作决定。

e.g. You should make a decision without prejudice to our rights.

你作出的决定应该不损害我们的权益。

三， 短句翻译

中：三思而后行。

英：Think it over before you act.