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听前想一想:用英语怎么说?
1. 多才多艺的男子
2. 他有数学天才。
3. 再多外界的认同都不能让你感到安全
4. 没有必要这么极端。
5. 孤注一掷的决定
12.15 早读原文
Talent isn't genius. And no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great or nothing.
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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. no(w) amount of energy 注意词间连贯
2. ge‧ni‧us 包含三个音节,不卷舌
3. I want to be great↗ or nothing↘.
言之有物
1. talent & genius
① talent: a natural ability to do sth well
→ 统指“才能”,指通过学习和勤奋掌握的本领、技术和其他的活动能力。
a talent 是“一种才能”,talents是“多种才能”,都指智力而不是体力。
a man of manytalents多才多艺的男子
→“有才能的人们”(可数/不可数,一般不用talents)
She has a keen eye for spotting talent. [不可数]
她有识别人才的犀利眼光。
There are many good players on the team, but she's a special talent. [可数]
队里有很多优秀的球员,但她是一个特殊的天才。
点击跳转回顾【People are attracted to people with talent. People without it find that threatening. 】
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/lWMOd7oaF0gAIJGB87nLXw
② genius: a very high level of intelligence, mental skill, or ability, which only a few people have
天生的高度的智力,不指一般的聪明,如学校里的“高材生”不可算作有genius。
→ 天才,天赋
He has a genius for maths.
他有数学天赋。
the genius of Shakespeare 莎士比亚的天才
→ 天才人物
He's a mathematical genius.
他是数学天才。
Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out.
天才是矿里的金子,才能是挖掘矿藏的矿工。
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see.
有才能的人达到别人无法达到的目标;天才会瞄准别人看不见的目标。
点击跳转回顾【We are no geniuses, and we have no shortcut to learning languages. We simply found ways to enjoy the process.】
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/SKoK1W8cajMDfhj69xkg3A
2. no amount of XX can/will do ... 再多/再大…也毫无结果/毫无影响
点击跳转回顾【When you're insecure, no amount of external validation can ever make you feel safe. 】
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/sGqtjqXJoobhvwmMl7w_xw
3. so 指代前文 genius
4. be great or nothing 要么才华横溢,要么彻底放弃
拓展词链儿:
① all or nothing 要么彻底干完,要么根本不干
Either he went through with this thing or he did not; it was all or nothing.
他要么把这件事做完,要么就不做,只有这两种选择。
She either loves you or hates you - it's all or nothing with her.
她要不是爱你,就是恨你——就这么极端。
all-or-nothing adj. 全赢或全输的;
an all-or-nothing decision (= one which could either be very good or very bad)
孤注一掷的决定
原声例句:This is an example of all-or-nothing thinking.
这是“全有或全无”思维的一个例子。
原声例句:It doesn't have to be all or nothing.
没有必要这么极端。
This was an all-or-nothing proposition.
这是一个孤注一掷的问题。
图片源自《进击的巨人》
Parenting isn't all or nothing.
养育子女并没有这么极端。
图片源自《初来乍到》
歌曲 《All Or Nothing》
② double or nothing〔下注的一种方式〕要么赢双倍,要么全输光
活学活用
请用all or nothing随意造句
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Talent isn't genius. And no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great or nothing.
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