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听前想一想:用英语怎么说?
1. 当你习惯了特权
2. 我不习惯午饭吃那么多。
3. 听她唱歌真是三生有幸。
4. 人人平等
5. 受压迫者
8.11 早读原文
When you're used to privilege, equality feels like oppression.
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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. used /juːst/
2. oppression /əˈpreʃən/ -ssion 对应的发音
言之有物
1. be/get used to (doing) sth 习惯于(做)某事
I do the dishes every day, so I'm used to it.
我每天洗盘子,所以习惯了。
I'm not used to eating so much at lunchtime.
我不习惯午饭吃那么多。
原声例句: If your company is used to doing things in a particular way...
如果你的公司习惯于以特定的方式做事...
原声例句:I'm not used to being interrupted by applause.
我不习惯被掌声打断。
拓展:used /juːzd/ 用过的;旧的;二手的
used cars 二手汽车
a used tissue 用过的纸巾
*注意区分be/get used to (doing) sth 变得习惯于(做)某事和used to do sth 过去常常做某事
Tom wasn’t used to noise. It took him some time to get used to it.
汤姆之前并不习惯于噪音,一段时间后他才开始习惯。
And I'm used to people calling me names.
我已经习惯别人的辱骂了。
图片源自《家有正太》
I used to play with my friends after school.
过去放学后我常常和朋友们一起玩。
I used to keep one as a pet.
我以前养过一只当宠物。
图片源自《美国恐怖故事》
2. privilege n.
→特权,特殊待遇
the privilege of a good education
可以享受良好教育的特权
→ 荣幸;幸运;
I hope to have the privilege of working with them again.
但愿有幸与他们再度合作。
It was a great privilege to hear her sing.
听她唱歌真是三生有幸。
3. equal-equality-inequality
equal adj. 平等的,相等的
Our constitution states that all men are equal.
我们的宪法规定人人平等。
equality n. 平等;均等;相等
Don't you believe in equality between men and women?
难道你不相信男女平等吗?
inequality n. 不公平
There are inequalities in wealth distribution.
财富分配不平等。
inequalities between men and women
男女间的不平等
4. oppress v. 压迫;欺压;压制
oppression n. 压迫,压制
victims of oppression 受压迫者
They suffered years of political oppression.
他们遭受了多年的政治压迫。
Where there is oppression there is resistance.
哪里有压迫哪里就有反抗。
Excuse me. What about the oppression of my people?
抱歉,那我的人遭受压迫该怎么办?
图片源自《查理的战争》
I see them as the uniform of oppression.
在我眼里它们等同于压迫。
图片源自《唐顿庄园》
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到底一般的学生学的是美音还是英音呀
青铜森林 回复 @皓月wi: 我的老师们不会特意区分或者注重口语,英音正式一些,美音自在一些,也可以看个人爱好或者需求啦