11.30早读 | TED演讲:陷入了负面情绪怎么走出来?

11.30早读 | TED演讲:陷入了负面情绪怎么走出来?

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11.30 早读原文

Our view of the world has a fundamental tendency to tilt toward the negative. We literally have to work harder to see the upside of things.

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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. fundamental

2.tilt

言之有物

1. 基本的

basic 基本的、初级的

fundamental 基本的、基础的

rudimentary 基本的、粗略地


2. a tendency to tilt toward...

一种向XX倾斜的倾向


① a tendency to... 一种XX的倾向

While the number of applicants has been small in the past, there is a tendency to increase.

虽然以往的申请人数量较少,但是目前已有增加的迹象


Scotty had a tendency to

斯科蒂又很喜欢

图片源自《犯罪心理》

② tilt toward...向XX倾斜

具象→He tilted toward his colleague and whispered something.

同事倾过身子,悄悄说了些什么。


抽象→I am tilting toward the red car, not the black one.

有点想选红色那辆车子,而不是黑色的。


-What?-The new votes are tilting heavily toward O'Brien.

-什么?-新的票数倾向奥布莱恩。

图片源自《副总统》

3. We literally have to...

我们真的不得不...


*literally的用法分书面用法及口语用法:

书面用法:literal, exact, or actual(事情真实发生)

口语用法:used to indicate that some metaphorical or hyperbolical expression is to be taken in the strongest admissible sense(语气加强,事情未真实发生,夸张)


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There were literally thousands of people in the street dancing after the team won the championship.

那个队赢了冠军赛之后街上不夸张的说有几千人在跳舞。


I'm literally freezing to death in this weather. I mean I can't feel any part of my body.

这天气我真的要冻死了,我都感觉不到我身体的任何一部分了。

4. see the upside of things 看到事情好的一面

→upside 正面;好的一面

the upside of things 事情好的一面


Oh,well,look at the upside.

往好的一面看嘛。

图片源自《好汉两个半》

upside down adv. 颠倒

The painting was hung upside down .

油画挂倒了


→downside 缺点;不利方面

There is a downside to it: the more she remembers, the more bitter she feels about what has happened.

这有个不利之处:她记起的越多,对发生的一切就会觉得越痛苦。


What's the downside

可能有什么负面影响吗?

图片源自《傲骨贤妻》

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