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7.13 早读原文

I recently learned about how gratitude and affirmations offset negative interactions. It takes five of those to offset one negative interaction.

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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.recently

2.affirm—affirmation

言之有物

1. gratitude and affirmation感激和肯定

同词根词→grateful—gratitude—gratify—gratification

·grateful adj. 感激不尽的

She was grateful to him for being so good to her

他对她这么好，令她很感激。

·gratitude noun. 感激之情

Words can hardly express our gratitude to you.

我们对你的感激难以用语言表达。

·gratify verb. 使满足

He did that to gratify his girlfriend's vanity.

他做那事是要满足他女友的虚荣心。

·gratification noun. 满足

Some people expect instant gratification.

有些人期望立刻得到满足。

同词根词→affirm—affirmative—affirmation

·affirm verb. 声称、断言

I can affirm that no one will lose their job.

我可以肯定，谁都不会丢掉工作。

·affirmative adj. 肯定的、同意的

John was desperately eager for an affirmative answer

约翰非常渴望得到一个肯定的回答。

·affirmation noun. 肯定

She nodded in affirmation.

她肯定地点了点头。

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2. offset verb. 抵消

The gains offset the losses.

损益相抵。

These goods are not enough to offset the whole loan.

这些物资还不够抵交全部贷款。

反义词 onset 开端、启动

the onset of disease/old age/winter

疾病的发作；老年的开始；冬天的来临

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3. negative interaction 消极互动、负面互动

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请用 offset随意造句

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