11.8早读 | 睡眠并不是可有可无的奢侈品,而是生存必须品

11.8早读 | 睡眠并不是可有可无的奢侈品,而是生存必须品

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今天是Gwen陪你早读的第 2182 天哦!

听前想一想:用英语怎么说?

1. 生理需要。

2. 尽最大努力解决此事

3. 豪华酒店

4. 生命支持系统


11.8 早读原文

Sleep, unfortunately, is not an optional lifestyle luxury. Sleep is a non-negotiable biological necessity. It is your life-support system, and it is Mother Nature's best effort yet at immortality.


TODAY

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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. luxury

2. biological 重音位置,与biology不同

3. necessity重音位置

言之有物

1. lifestyle luxury

=luxurious lifestyle


aluxurioushotel


lifestyle=way of living/ style of life


2. non-negotiable

non-negotiate(able)

不能谈判的


negotiable /nɪˈɡəʊʃiəbəl, -ʃə- $ -ˈɡoʊ-/ 五音节/四音节两可


3. biological necessity

生理需要


① biology—biological 生物学的

例如,biological father 生物学上的父亲=亲生父亲


Have you told Lyle that he's not your biologicalson?

你告诉莱尔他不是你亲生的了吗?

图片源自《犯罪心理》


She's trying to track down her biological father.

她想找出她的生父到底是谁。

图片源自《少男老爸》


The law forbids me to use biological weapons.

法律禁止我们使用生化武器。

图片源自《太空堡垒卡拉狄加》


Someone who goes completely against her biological instincts.

有人居然会完全逆生物本能而行。

图片源自《恋爱手册》


②necessity 必需品

necessary adj. 必须的


生活必需品 living necessity

XX的必要性 the necessity of XX


We were discussing the necessity of employing more staff.

我们在讨论是否需要雇用更多员工。


4. best effort 最大努力、尽力


Please exert your best efforts to settle the matter.
请尽最大努力解决此事。


Success is primarily determined by making right choices, secondarily by making best effort.
成功的首要因素是选择;奋斗是第二位的。


原声例句:You've always got to put in your very best effort.

你总是要付出最大的努力


原声例句:I didn't really try, so it wasn't my best effort.

我并没有真正去尝试,所以这并不是我最大的努力


Give your best effort, because you are worth your best effort.

付出你最大的努力,因为你值得付出最大的努力

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  • 时予栀涵

    新的一周开启~ Sleep, unfortunately, is not an optional lifestyle luxury. Sleep is a non-negotiable biological necessity. It is your life-support system, and it is Mother Nature's best effort yet at immortality. 不幸的是,睡眠并不是一个可以选择的奢侈的生活方式,睡眠是一个不容置疑的生理需求。它是你的生命支持系统 也是自然母亲对永生所做出的最大努力。

  • 17863191ehl

    这是什么神仙讲解!天呐!简直太完美了!!

  • wgo0ruci59lvqg2t7u8g

    讲得真好!

  • magicalsingle

    Morning

  • 昵称Joy已被占用

    Sleep, unfortunately, is not an optional lifestyle luxury. Sleep is a non-negotiable biological necessity. It is your life-support system, and it is Mother Nature's best effort yet at immortality.