1.11早读 | 那个我心心念念的梦啊，如今我仍想把它找到

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 他犹豫片刻之后答应了。

2. 更年轻、更有决断力的领导者

3. 他们向往一个没有贫穷和疾病的平等社会。

4. 你有什么想法？

1.11 早读原文

This sense of indecision ain't what we had in mind.

The dream that I envisioned, I am still hoping to find.

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音标符号来自权威词典| Longman Dictionary

今日发音练习重点：

言之有物

1. indecision

decision noun. 决定

decisive adj. 决断的/决定性的

indecision noun. 优柔寡断

indecisive adj. 优柔寡断的

adecisivefactor/victory/battle

决定性的因素 / 胜利 / 战役

He should give way to a younger, more decisive leader.

他应该让位于更年轻、更有决断力的领导者。

After a moment's indecision, he said yes.

他犹豫片刻之后答应了。

a weak and indecisive man

软弱而不果断的人

From what I understand, indecision is not their style.

据我所知，优柔寡断可不是他们的风格。

图片源自《惊天战神》

Hans, I need your answer. There's no more time for indecision.

汉斯，你得给我个答案，没时间犹豫了。

图片源自《行动目标希特勒》

2. envision

词根 vis（看）；vision 视野

en+vision 加强+视野/想象

envision verb. 展望

They envision an equal society, free of poverty and disease.

他们向往一个没有贫穷和疾病的平等社会。

We envision a day when Penn Medical students will have their first clinical experience here.

希望有一天，宾大医学院的学生们能来这里进行第一次临床实习。

图片源自《大西洋帝国》

He might envision Hope at a more desirable age.

他把霍普预想成一个更理想的年龄。

图片源自《犯罪心理》

3. what I have/had in mind 我脑中所想

have in mind 在脑子里的

That's not what I had in mind.

那非我所想。

What do you have in mind?

你有什么想法？

原声例句：What I have in mind is how much worse things might've been if I weren't affluent.

我心里想的是，如果我不富裕，事情会变得多么糟糕。

原声例句：What I have in mind is something like this.

我的想法是这样的。

-Even better.

-What did you have in mind?

-更好了。

-你有什么想法？

图片源自《恋爱手册》

I just have in mind producing something new.

我只是在脑海中酝酿些新的东西。

图片源自《耶鲁大学开放课程》

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请用 what I had in mind随意造句

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Young Rising Sons

If you've been just staring at the sunrise above this hollow town

如若你时常凝望这空城之上，静待旭日东升

been chasing empty memories, the kind that's keeping you down

又终日追随着虚无的回忆，浪费光阴也只会让你止步不前

can't seem to find your stride, just trying to live your life

既然挑无自己的违和之处，那只管好好生活便是

been feeling suffocated, searching for vindication

也曾苟延残喘，只得寻觅一份辩护之书

this sense of indecision ain't what we had in mind

这种优柔寡断，才不该在你我脑海中扎营

the dream that I envisioned, I am still hoping to find

那个我心心念念的梦啊，如今我仍想把它找到

you ain't done nothing wrong but we ain't done nothing right

你并非毫无过错，但我们也绝非一事无成

I know that something's missing

我明白，有些东西早已被我错过

but the world will keep on turning turning

但地球只是照旧在转、转、转

you gotta keep that fire burning burning

你势必让心火继续燃、燃、燃

I know you think you're in a hurry

我知，你总觉着自己如今正是栖栖遑遑

there's no need to worry

其实本就毋须慌乱

cause I can feel it turning turning

我有预感，剧情正在反转

our luck is turning around

好运终将归来

chasing these empty verses, some rows have crooked signs

跟着这首歌的节奏吧，虽然总有几行看着不太美好

we're losing all this daylight but soon the moon's gonna rise

纵是日落西山，光芒散尽，但一轮新月正冉冉高升

these final puzzle pieces, we tried but they're too tight

这最终谜题（原意指最后几片拼图碎片）便是，你我早已全力以赴，却还是逃不开它们的紧追不舍

but if we ease the pressure, I bet they'll fit just right

不过你我若是能享受这重压，我断言这些定会契合完美

sometimes it takes some patience, sometimes it works first try

有时总需几分耐心，有时又需几分勇气

but I know that this is worth it, cause this dream's too strong to die

可我懂得，一切都不会毫无意义，毕竟生命不息，梦想不死

I ain't done nothing wrong but we ain't done nothing right

我也并非毫无过错，但我们也绝非一事无成

one day we'll find what's missing

终有一天，我们会弥补缺憾

but the world will keep on turning turning

但地球只是照旧在转、转、转

you gotta keep that fire burning burning

你势必让心火继续燃、燃、燃

I know you think you're in a hurry

我知，你总觉着自己如今正是栖栖遑遑

there's no need to worry

其实本就毋须慌乱

cause I can feel it turning turning

我有预感，剧情正在反转

our luck is turning around

好运终将归来

I've been in, I've been out

我曾入世，亦曾出世

I've been low, beaten down

我曾被击倒，身居谷底

I've been lost now I'm found

我曾失掉自我，可如今我已找回

this fire is burning us

这星火，燃起你我心火

still staring at the sunrise, missing that hollow town

仍旧凝望着朝阳缓升，只是空城不再

feeling those empty memories but nothing's holding me down

还是舍不去过往回忆，可已心无羁绊

I hope you find your stride, just go and live your life

愿你坎坷之时，仍旧前行，仍旧好好生活

I'm feeling vindicated

你我并无罪过

the world will keep on turning turning

地球运转不息

you better keep that fire burning burning

心火绝不可熄

I know you think you're in a hurry

我懂，你时常碌碌终日而无所得

there's no need to worry

可是你也别自乱阵脚

cause I can feel it turning turning

我能确定，命数自有天定

our luck is turning around (turning turning)

我们终将时来运转

our luck is turning around (turning turning)

我们终将时来运转

our luck is turning around (turning turning)

我们终将时来运转

I've been in, I've been out

我曾入世，亦曾出世

I've been low, beaten down

我曾被击倒，身居谷底

I've been lost now I'm found

我曾失掉自我，可如今我已找回

our luck is turning around

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