4.22早读 | 希望促使我们前行，即使事实被掌权的人歪曲

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4.22 早读原文

Hope allows us to push forward, even when the truth is distorted by the people in power.

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音标符号来自权威词典| Longman Dictionary

今日发音练习重点：

1.push不是 “普师”

2.the truth is distorted by the

3.people in power 连读

言之有物

1. push forward

①具象：推到前面

My friends pushed me forward when the teacher asked for volunteers.

老师问有没有志愿者时，我朋友把我推到了前面。

②抽象：推进

His current visit was aimed to push forward the existing friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries.

他这次访问贵国的目的，就是为了把两国业已存在的友好合作关系继续向前推进。

推进关系： push forward the relations

2. the truth is distorted

distort verb.

同 twist

①具象：使弯曲、变形

Heat caused the wax figures to distort.

高温使蜡像变形。

②抽象：曲解、误会、歪曲

You have distorted my motives.

你曲解了我的动机。

The media distorts reality; categorises people as all good or all bad

媒体会歪曲事实，将人说得不是完美无缺就是一无是处。

distorted the facts 歪曲事实

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3. people in power 掌权的人、当权者

=people in authority

Don't be overawed by people in authority, however important they are

不管当官儿的职权有多大，都不要被他们吓倒。

She was easily cowed by people in authority.

她很容易被有权势的人吓住。

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