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听前想一想:用英语怎么说?
1. 他的确不善于决策。
2. 家里的事你说了算。
3. 金钱对于他来说毫无价值。
4. 我想我们反正点一些外卖就行了。
5. 咱们今晚在家吃吧。
4.7 早读原文
You make a million decisions that mean nothing. And then one day, you order takeout, and it changes your life.
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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.million
2.decision
3.change
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1. You make a million decisions that mean nothing.
①million 百万
词源:mile(英里):一千罗马步的距离
milli-:千
-on,大词后缀。
million 字面意思即好多个一千,大千,后由抽象数词过渡到固定数词。表示:百万
billion 十亿;大量
trillion 一万亿;大量;巨额;无数
②make decisions 做决定;决策
He is really bad at making decisions.
他的确不善于决策。
It was a big decision to make.
这是个需要作出的重大决定。
→decision-maker 决策者
Mary is the decision-maker in the house.
家里的事玛丽说了算。
③ mean nothing / not mean anything 毫无意义;算不了什么
Facts and figures mean nothing to you.
事实和数字在你眼中可能什么也不是。
Money means nothing to him.
金钱对于他来说毫无价值。
Our values, our identities--they mean nothing to me now.
价值观,身份,现在都变得毫无意义。
图片源自《废柴联盟》
A long time ago,It didn't mean anything.
老早以前的,说明不了什么。
图片源自《太空堡垒卡拉狄加》
that what happened between us didn't mean anything.
我们之间发生的事毫无意义。
图片源自《我欲为人》
→mean the world to sb /mean everything to sb 对某人来说意味着一切
He meant the world to her.
他就是她的一切。
In a competitive market, price means everything.
在竞争市场上,价格就是一切。
2. order takeout
→takeout n.〔餐馆的〕外卖食品
order takeout 订/点/叫外卖
We ordered some Chinese takeout.
我们点了中餐外卖。
She often orders takeout rather than bother with cooking.
她经常订外卖而不是自己下厨。
Then maybe we can order takeout or something.
然后或许我们可以订个外卖什么的。
图片源自《开心汉堡店》
We…Takeout.Yes!We were just coming to get a little takeout.
我们买外卖,没错,我们正好来买点外卖。
图片源自《少男老爸》
→takeout adj.
takeout food 外卖食品
a takeout restaurant 外卖餐馆
a takeout pizza 一个外卖比萨
but it turned out it was a takeout menu.
结果是张外卖菜单。
图片源自《马男波杰克》
→ British English: takeaway n.
Let’s have a takeaway tonight.
我们今晚叫外卖吧。
原声例句:When you order takeout, I advise you to dish out the food on your own dishes.
当你点外卖时,我建议把食物盛到自己的盘子中。
原声例句:Refuse plastic cutlery and paper napkins when you order takeout.
订外卖时,请拒绝塑料餐具和餐巾纸。
拓展:
①eat/dine out 外出用餐;下馆子〔指在餐厅或别人家吃饭〕
Dining out in attractive surroundings is one of life’s great pleasures.
外出到环境宜人的地方就餐是人生一大乐事。
②eat/dine in 在家吃饭
eat in or take away 店内吃或外卖;堂食或外带
Let's eat in tonight.
咱们今晚在家吃吧。
3. change one's life 改变XX的生活
It was a chance meeting that would change my life.
那次偶然的会面改变了我的一生。
回顾链接:0405本周一早读: it will change the trajectory of your life for the better.
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You make a million decisions that mean nothing. And then one day, you order takeout, and it changes your life. 你会做出很多毫无意义的决定。忽然有一天,你叫了一份外卖,你的生活就此改变。
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