11.12早读 | 一些人认为理所当然的事情，其他人却在为之奋斗

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11.12 早读原文

While there's a lot that I don't know at my age, what I do know is this: what some people take for granted, others are fighting for.

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音标符号来自权威词典| Longman Dictionary

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1....what I DO know is this 强调重读：don't/do对比强调

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1. While there's a lot that I don't know at my age...

while 尽管/虽然 =though/although

While he is respected, he is not liked.

尽管他很受尊重，他并不招人喜欢。

While I admit that there are problems, I don't agree that they cannot be solved.

尽管我承认有问题存在，但我不同意说这些问题不能解决。

But while the people follow him, no one would dare stand up to him until you.

只是当人民支持他的时候，没有人敢跟他正面冲突，只有你。

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2. take for granted 认为XX理所应当/想当然/低估从而轻视

He took me for granted.

他不把我当回事。

I wish you didn't take me for granted.

多希望你不那么把我不当回事。

The boss takes us for granted, but if we weren't here, this whole company would collapse.

老板总是想当然。要是我们不在，估计公司都塌了。

I came into adult life clueless about a lot of things that most people take for granted .

我已成年，却对许多大部分人认为理所当然的事情一窍不通。

which you and I take for granted if we gift them a past.

你我视为理所当然的体验，如果我们赐予他们过去。

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I want you to know that I do not take that for granted.

我非常感激你的好意。

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