第一，情景对话

A：Stay away from that guy as far as possible.

离那个家伙尽可能远点儿。

B: Oh, Mum. I can't.

噢，妈妈。我不能。

A: If you don't listen to me, you'll get your fingers burned.

要是你不听我的，你会引火烧身的。

B: If it has to be so, I won't pity my fingers.

如果必须是那样，我不会怜惜自己。

第二，词海拾贝

get one’s fingers burnt

exp. To suffer an unpleasant or ruinous consequence (especially the loss of money) for some action, often such that one becomes unwilling or reluctant to do it again. （惹火烧身，自讨苦吃）

变异：have one’s fingers burnt

e.g. During the boom times, countless would-be investors put everything they owned in shady investment deals, and most of them ended up getting their fingers badly burned.

在经济繁荣时期，无数潜在的投资者把他们所拥有的一切都投入到不正当的投资交易中，他们中的大多数最终自讨苦吃。

e.g. I had my fingers burned the last time I questioned the company policy.

上次，我对公司的政策提出质疑是惹火烧身。

e.g. He got his fingers badly burnt dabbling in the stock-market.

他在证券市场胡乱买卖而大吃苦头。

e.g. She got her fingers burnt when she set up a business and had all her money stolen by her partner.

她创业的时候吃了很大的苦头，所有的钱都被她的合伙人偷走了。

第三，语汇积累

1.stay away from ( something/someone)：远离......

e.g. He told his children to stay away from dangerous electrical things.

他叫他的孩子们不要接近危险的电器。

e.g. The doctor told him to stay away from such foods and drinks.

医生叫他不要吃这样的酒菜。

e.g. He sought out Philip and ordered him to stay away from him sister.

他找到菲利普，命令他停止和他妹妹交往。

e.g. Stay away from him, he is now going around with a chip on his shoulder.

不要惹他，他现在正到处找人打架。

2.as far as possible：尽可能远地，尽量

e.g. Her middle of life was devoted to the care of a failing mother, and the endeavour to make a small income go as far as possible.

她的中年献给了照料一个衰老的母亲和尽可能使微薄的收入能够勉强度日的生活。

e.g. During these conferences I remained in the background as far as possible.

我在这些会议中尽可能地不突出自己。

listen to：听......

have to：不得不