7.26早读 | TED演讲：为自己而活有多重要

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 做真正的自己

2. 年岁绵延

3. 预防疾病胜于治疗疾病.

4. 一生只有一次

5. 她假装没有注意到。

7.26 早读原文

It's better to live half a life time being a person who you truly are than to live a hundred lifetimes pretending to be someone who you aren't.

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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.truly /ˈtruːli/

2.hundred 包含易错音组 /ʌn/ /dr/

言之有物

1. it's better to do sth than to do sth

They say it's better to give than to receive.

人们说施比受有福。

It is better to prevent illness than to cure it.=（Prevention is better than cure.）

预防疾病胜于治疗疾病.

原声例句：It's way better to do it badly than not to do it at all.

做得不好总比什么都不做要好。

原声例句：It's much better to do it right than to do it fast.

正确地做比快速地做要好得多。

Don't you guys have anything better to do than to harass an old shopkeeper?

你们就没更重要的事可做了吗？非要来骚扰一个上了年纪的店主。

图片源自《犯罪心理》

You still don‘t have anything better to do than wait for me to come home.

你还是那样，除了等我回家，没什么好消磨时光的。

图片源自《我欲为人》

2. live half a lifetime being a person who you truly are

V-ing 做后置定语修饰lifetime

① lifetime 一生，终生

拓展：once in a lifetime （可能）一生只有一次

It’s the sort of opportunity you see only once in a lifetime.

这种机会你一辈子也只能碰到一次。

An opportunity like this comes once in a lifetime.

像这样的机会一生也许只会遇到一次。

once-in-a-lifetime adj. 一生中难得一次的；千载难逢的；难能可贵的

And these T-shirt are once in a lifetime chance.

而这批T恤是我们百年难得一遇的机会。

图片源自《打工姐妹花》

This man is a once in a lifetime leader.

他是个难得的领袖。

图片源自《24小时》

② be a person who you truly are 做真正的自己

truly = really 真实地，确实地

than to live a hundred lifetimes pretending to be someone who you aren't.

3. live a hundred lifetimes 活一百辈子 → 年岁绵延

4. pretend to do... 假装做...

She pretended not to notice.

她假装没有注意到。

Were you just pretending to be interested?

你只是在假装感兴趣吗？

I won't pretend to know what that is.

我都不知道这是什么。

图片源自《大西洋帝国》

You do kind of pretend to be something you're not.

你的确是在伪装自己。

图片源自《打工姐妹花》

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