10.26早读 | 否认缺点的同时，我们也忽略了自己的优点

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10.26 早读原文

When we deny what is worst about ourselves, we also deny what is best. We repress our ignorance, and thus we deny our capacity to learn; we repress our faults, and thus we deny our capacity to change.

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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.语调的走向

言之有物

1. deny something

deny的4种用法：

① deny something

② to do

③ doing something

④ that+从句

They all denied ever having seen her.

他们全部否认曾见过她。

You can't deny that he's a good singer.

你无法否认，他是个好歌手。

词链儿→there is no denying the fact that...无可否认

There is no denying that he was a great man.

不容否认，他是个伟大的人。

There's no denying (the fact)that quicker action could have saved them.

无可否认，如果行动快一点，本来是救得了他们的。

2. 名词结构→what is worst/best about someone

某人最坏/好的地方（缺/优点）

3. repress verb. 克制; 压抑

repress our ignorance 压抑我们的无知

repress our faults 压抑我们的错误

repressed a laugh 憋笑

repressed her anger 抑制愤怒

he said I must be repressing the memory.

他说我一定是在排斥那段记忆。

图片源自《身为人母》

a fact that the authorities have repressed.

此系当局所隐瞒的真相。

图片源自《虎胆龙威2》

4. and thus...如此一来/因此

*用法同therefore，但thus更口语化。

Jimmy is adopted and thus unrelated to Beth by blood

吉米是被收养的，因此和贝丝没有血缘关系。

Thus, the second-order term…

因此，从一次摄动能量中……

图片源自《蜘蛛侠》

5. capacity&ability&capability近义词。很多时候可通用。

对人而言， capacities是天生的，而 abilities是后天习得的。

*capacity 容量

The vehicle’s fuel capacity is 120 gallons.

这辆汽车的汽油容量是120加仑。

*capability可理解为是ability的极致。

ability 能力

capability 能耐

I have the ability to write, I don’t have the capability to write a novel.

我有能力写作，但没有能耐写出一本小说。

活学活用

请用deny随意造句

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