8.11早读 | 你要对自己的人生负责

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. XX是XX的职责

2. 对自己的人生负责

3. XX是XX的义务

4. 过自己的生活

8.11 早读原文

It's a parent's job to protect their child, but it's a child's obligation to themselves to live their own life.

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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. parent /ˈpeərənt $ ˈper-/；

2. obligation 包含4个音节，重音在倒数第二音节；

3. own /əʊn $ oʊn/ 注意由双元音/əʊ$oʊ/→/n/的滑动。

言之有物

1. 词链儿：it's one's job to do XX

XX是XX的职责

It is my job to worry about you.

担心你是我的职责。

It is a tedious job to build them up again.

重新把他们树立起来是费时费力的工作。

原声例句：It's your job to help them develop that.

你的工作就是帮助他们培养这种能力。

原声例句：It's just your job to start the conversation. It's your job to just get it going.

你的工作就是开始对话。你的工作就是让它运转起来。

It's my job to worry. It's my job to follow the rules.

这是我的职责，操心费力，循规蹈矩。

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It's your job to know.

你的工作就是知道这事。

图片源自《嘻哈帝国》

2. 词链儿：it's one's obligation (to sb) to do XX

XX是XX的义务、责任

近义表达：it's one's duty to do XX

It is our responsibility and obligation to take compulsory education.

接受义务教育是我们的责任和义务。

We feel it is our duty to help her.

我们感到帮助她是我们的责任。

3. 词链儿：live one's own life 过某人自己的生活

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