4.12早读 | How To Find Yourself

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 亲身体验生活

2. 那不是第一手资料.

3. 她买的衣服都是旧的。（二手货）

4. 失业以后，简情况很糟。（be in a ... state）

5. 他自称是专家。

4.12 早读原文

If you don’t go out and experience life first-hand in a fully aware state, you cannot claim you’ve lived 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.ex‧pe‧ri‧ence 四音节/ɪkˈspɪəriəns $ -ˈspɪr-/

2.claim 辅音连缀 /kl/

言之有物

1. experience life first-hand 亲身体验生活

合成词 first-hand (firsthand)

→adj. 第一手的

first-hand experience/knowledge/account

亲身体验/直接得来的知识/第一手报道

It's not firsthand information.

那不是第一手资料.

→adv. 第一手地，直接地

I heard her news firsthand.

我直接从她本人那里听到她的消息.

you'll experience firsthand how people treat us freaks.

你会马上体会到我们怪胎的境遇。

图片源自《美国恐怖故事》

and you see the victims firsthandin court.

你在法庭上能直接看到受害者。

图片源自《芝加哥警署》

I know from firsthand experience what it's like to push too hard after a trauma.

我有亲身经历知道受挫后太勉强自己是什么样。

图片源自《谍影迷情》

拓展：second-hand

→adj. 旧的，用过的，二手的；间接地

second-hand clothes

旧衣服

a second-hand car

二手车

You just left your family a secondhand Subaru.

你给家人留下了一辆二手速霸路车。

图片源自《绝命毒师》

and worked part-time at a secondhand record store.

在二手音像店兼职。

图片源自《灵书妙探》

→adv. 间接地，从第二手； 作为旧货[二手货]

We got most of our furniture second-hand.

我们大部分家具都是二手货。

She buys all her clothes second-hand.

她买的衣服都是旧的。

2. in a fully aware state 在完全清醒/了解的状态下

①aware adj. 知道，意识到；察觉到；发现

fully aware 充分意识到；完全意识到

be fully aware of sth

You did not appear fullyaware of the importance of this act.

你似乎没有充分意识到这一举动的重要性。

I am fully aware of your problems.

我很清楚你的问题。

be fully aware that...

Were you fully aware that something was wrong?

你有没有清楚地意识到已经出了问题？

原声例句：I am a deserving person, even though I'm not fully aware of my worthiness.

即使我不完全了解自己的价值，我还是一个值得感谢的人。

原声例句：I believe he was fully aware that he used his time in captivity to make peace with his fate. 我相信他已经完全意识到，他在囚禁中度过时光，与命运和平相处。

② in a XX state / in a state of XX 在XX的状态下

Jane was in a terrible state after losing her job.

失业以后，简情况很糟。

She was in a state of shock.

她震惊不已。

Water exists in three states: liquid, gaseous, and solid.

水有三种形态: 液态、气态和固态。

He is in a state of unbridled ecstasy.

他最近鬼迷心窍。

图片源自《希区欧克》

and left them in a state of peace.

把他们留在了安宁之中。

图片源自《犯罪心理》

拓展词链儿 ：in no fit state to do sth/ not in a fit state to do sth （以现在的状态）不宜做某事

You're not in a fit state to drive. = You're in no fit state to drive.

你现在的状态不宜开车。

3. ... you cannot claim you’ve lived your life.

①claim (that) ... 宣称；声称；断言

He claims that he’s an expert.

他自称是专家。

They claimed (that) their city was the best place to live.

他们声称，他们那座城市是最适宜居住的地方。

He tried to claim (that) he had acted in self-defense.

他极力宣称自己是自卫。

② you've lived your life

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