8.26早读 | 也许我们是因为身边的人才成为现在的自己

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 不要试图抗争，只能这样了。

2. 上帝爱你本来的样子。

3. 挑挑拣拣

4. 永不放手

8.26 早读原文

Maybe we are the way we are because of the people we're with. Or maybe we just pick the people we need. However it works, when you find each other, you should never let go.

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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. Maybe we are the way we are 第一个are虚词弱读，第二个are 意群末尾虚词不弱读

2. However it works,↗ when you find each other,↗ you should never let go.↘

3. however 单词内部元元连读

言之有物

1. ... (just) the way XX is

... 就是那样〔指无法改变〕；... 的本相；... 本身的样子

Don’t try to fight it. That’sjust the wayit is.

不要试图抗争，只能这样了。

Perfect is the way we are born.

完美就是我们生来的模样。

点击链接跳转【Just the Way You Are】

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/nt1vww3e4bUiUhbJ_BYfKw

原声例句： They're made of flesh and blood the way we are.

他们和我们一样都是血肉之躯。

The way it used to be isn't the way it was.

就算是老路都没得走了。

图片源自《马达加斯加》

……the way things should be instead of the way they are.

想事情应该怎么样，而不是现实如何。

图片源自《太空堡垒卡拉狄加》

2. pick v. 挑选；选择

拓展词链儿：pick and choose 挑挑拣拣

You have to take any job you can get—you can’t pick and choose.

你找到什么工作就做什么工作，不能挑三拣四的。

And he gets to pick and choose who gets culled, does he?

所以他来决定清洗谁，是吗？

图片源自《王牌特工》

…the real me? -He can't pick and choose, Patience.

-真正的我怎么办？-他没得挑选，佩圣斯。

图片源自《猫女》

He didn't pick and choose. He just puckered up.

他可没挑三拣四，不过是撅起嘴唇而已。

图片源自《开心汉堡店》

3. however it works 不管怎样

However it works, make sure to chew sugar-free gum.

不管怎样，一定要嚼无糖口香糖。

However it works, this is really important.

不管怎样，这都是非常重要的。

4. 点击链接跳转回顾【let go】https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/cpgk2H-4td0QIjb0ZaGtNg

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