12.18早读 | 有时我们会迷失自我。但这并不能抹杀我们的本性

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12.18 早读原文

We can just lose ourselves sometimes. But it doesn't undo who we are in our entirety.

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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.lose ourselves sometimes

2.entirety

言之有物

1. lose oneself 迷失自己

=behave badly

=lose one's cool

The person will not lose oneself so long as not lose the direction.

人只要不丢失目标，就不会迷失自己。

He really lost his cool when the waiter dropped his food.

当侍者将食物掉到地上时，他发飙了。

I really lost my cool during the interview.

面试时我失态了。

2. undo something

①解开、打开

The knot was fastened in such a way that it was impossible to undo.

那个结系死了，没法解开。

Can someone help me to undo my seat belt?

可以帮我解开安全带吗？

②撤销、消除...的影响

It's very difficult to undo the damage that's caused by inadequate parenting in a child's early years.

儿童幼时因缺失家庭教育所带来伤害是很难消除的。

Killing a man is not something you can undo.

杀人是无法挽回的。

I'd undo all my mistakes.

我会弥补所有的过错。

图片源自《返老还童》

-Don't do this.

-I'm not doing this.I'm undoing it.

格蕾丝，别这样。

我没有那样做，我什么也没做。

图片源自《冒牌天神》

3. in our entirety 在我们的整体

entire—entirety

拓展：in its entirety=totally or completely

A: "Did you finish the books in their entirety? In just one week?"

B:"Yes! It's such a good series!"

Darn, I was hoping to get a piece of cake, but it looks like it's been eaten in its entirety.

我本想吃块蛋糕。没想到全部被吃掉了。

I watched the basketball game in its entirety.

我看完了整场篮球赛。

In order for the town to be preserved, the trust must own it, in its entirety.

为了保存这个镇，基金会必须完全的拥有它。

图片源自《大鱼》

for the entirety of that sentence.

图片源自《猫鼠游戏》

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请用entirety随意造句

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