12.15早读 | 幸福并不在于得到了没有的东西，而在于知道自己拥有什么，并心存感激

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 我累了就容易出错。

2. 是XX带来的结果

3. 使XX惊奇

4. 不足为奇；意料之中

12.15 早读原文

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

——Frederick Koenig

英音讲解 00:55，美音讲解04:55，词汇讲解05:35

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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. tend 包含易错难发音组/en/

2. happiness -ness /nəs nɪs/，不要卷舌；

3. ap‧pre‧ci‧ate /əˈpriːʃi(j)eɪt/ 包含四个音节，词内元元连读，滑出/j/音。

言之有物

1. 词链儿：tend to do XX

易于做XX，往往会发生XX

When I'm tired, I tend to make mistakes.

我累了就容易出错。

It tends to get very cold here in the winter.

这里冬天往往会很冷。

2. 词链儿：come as a result of XX

是XX带来的结果；由于XX

Some of the most important changes came as a result of the automobile and the radio.

一些最重要的变化是由汽车和收音机带来的结果。

These may come as a result of the customer altering their requirements.

这些可能是由于消费者改变了他们的要求。

原声例句：Does it come as a result of government policy, or subsidies, or regulation?

这是政府政策、补贴还是监管的结果？

原声例句：Both come as a result of the free will of the person.

两者都是人的自由意志的结果。

拓展词链儿：come as a surprise/relief/blow to XX

使XX惊奇/松一口气/受到打击

It doesn't come as a surprise to me.

我不觉得吃惊。

The decision came as a great relief to us all.

这个决定让我们大家都松了一大口气。

拓展词链儿：come as no surprise

不足为奇；意料之中

It comes as no surprise to learn that they broke their promises.

得知他们食言并不让人觉得意外。

You're failing. This can't come as a surprise.

你的成绩下滑了，这并不意外。

图片源自《古战场传奇》

It should come as no surprise that the very first grade I ever received was a "Super-duper."

我想大家应该都不会意外。我人生第一次得到的分数是“超级棒”。

图片源自《小谢尔顿》

3. 词汇：do 加强语气：的确

点击跳转回顾【If we do lose, you need to know that doesn't make you losers. 】

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/bSaOSPIubLLBlxru35ql_w

He does look tired.

他的确显得很疲倦。

4. 词链儿：not ... but rather ...

不是…而是…

The walls were not white, but rather a sort of dirty grey.

墙面不是白的，而是灰不溜秋的。

Our aim was not to punish the rich, but rather to bring justice to the poor.

我们的目的不是惩罚富人，而是为穷人伸张正义。

And, unfortunately, in troubled times, people do not look for the best. But rather, the loudest.

不幸的是，在困境中，人们不会听从最优秀的人，而会选择喊地最响的人。

图片源自《初代吸血鬼》

Amelia, courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

艾米莉亚，勇气不是不再恐惧，而毋宁说是发现有比恐惧更重要的东西。

图片源自《公主日记 The Princess Diaries》

5. 词链儿：

get something we don't have

得到我们没有的东西

recognize and appreciate what we do have

认识并感激我们所拥有的

→ recognize XX 意识到 XX

They fully recognize the need to proceed carefully.

他们充分意识到继续谨慎行事的必要性。

→ appreciate XX 感激；感谢

I'd appreciate some help.

如果有人帮忙我将非常感激。

I would appreciate it if you paid in cash.

假如你支付现金的话，我会不胜感激。

点击跳转回顾【I really appreciate it. 我真的很感激。】

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/1zir0jfjyiLh6rjnqpe_vg

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