8.19早读 | 我们的大脑不太情愿失去我们觉得贵重的东西，以至于我们会放弃理性思维

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 我喜欢在船上居住的构想。

2. 放弃所有理性思考

3. 对我们而言贵重的东西

4. 因为有雾，他们打消了开车去的念头。

8.19 早读原文

Our brains so hate the idea of losing something that's valuable to us that we abandon all rational thought, and we make some really poor decisions.

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音标符号来自权威词典| Longman Dictionary

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1. brains so 后进同化

2. valuable /ˈvæljuəbəl, ˈvæljəbəl/ 可四音节，可三音节

3. the idea of 元元连读加音

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Our brains so hate the idea of losing something that's valuable to us

我们的大脑不太情愿失去对我们而言贵重的东西

主句：Our brains so hate A that B：我们的大脑不太情愿... 以至于...

A= the idea of losing something that's valuable to us 失去对我们而言贵重的东西

B= we abandon all rational thought, and we make some really poor decisions. 我们会放弃所有理性思考，作出很糟糕的决定。

1. so...that... 句式：如此...以至于...

He wassoweak that he could hardly stand up.

他身体虚弱得几乎站不起来了。

Everything happened so quickly that I hadn’t time to think.

一切都发生得这么快，我都来不及去思考。

2. the idea of doing sth ...的想法/主意

I had the idea of asking Katie for help.

我想请凯蒂帮忙。

I like the idea of living on a boat.

我喜欢在船上居住的构想。

注意：不要说 ‘the idea to do something’.

而要说 the idea of doing something.

或者：it is a good idea to do something

以及： it was someone’s idea to do something.

that we abandon all rational thought, and we make some really poor decisions.

以至于我们会放弃所有理性思维，作出很糟糕的决定。

3. abandon v. 抛弃，遗弃；放弃〔信念、信仰或看法〕

How could she abandon her own child?

她怎么能抛弃自己的孩子呢？

Because of the fog they abandoned their idea of driving.

因为有雾，他们打消了开车去的念头。

I can't just abandon it, despite what I said.

我不能抛弃它，忘了我说的吧。

图片源自《爱丽丝梦游仙境》

You can't just abandon your son for five months and then show up one day and think that's okay.

抛下自己的儿子五个多月之后突然出现还觉得是理所当然。

图片源自《新飞跃比弗利》

4. rational thought 理性的思考

logical thought 逻辑思考

coherent thought 条理清晰的思考

He was so upset that he was incapable of coherent thought.

他心烦意乱，无法有条理地思考问题。

原声例句：Sometimes it's capable of rational thought.

有时它能进行理性思考。

原声例句：They believed in rational thought and experimentation.

他们相信理性思考和实验。

There are things in this world that can't be explained by the rational mind.

理性的头脑并非能解释世间所有事物。

图片源自《美国恐怖故事》

Well, no one ever credited the triad with rational thinking.

要是按常理出牌就不会有人创立黑社会了。

图片源自《绿箭》

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