7.20 早读 | 最美好的年纪是什么时候？听听67岁老人怎么说

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 把XX看得太重

2. 打消了他所有的困扰

3. …之类的东西

4. 被XX影响

7.20 早读原文

Don't take life too seriously. Don't have hang-ups and stuff. Do your best. Just do your own thing and don't be influenced by other people.

英音讲解00:55，美音讲解03:35，词汇讲解05:10

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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. hang-up 词间后鼻音和元音的连读；

2. be influenced by other people 词内包含两处元元连读，以/j/连接的情况。

言之有物

1. 词链儿：take XX (too) seriously

把XX看得太重/认真对待XX

It's only a joke – don't take it seriously!

只是开个玩笑——别当真啊！

You're taking those law classes tooseriously!

你把那些法律课太当真了！

原声例句：I didn't take my runny nose seriously. I didn't know it meant I was getting the flu.

我没把我流鼻涕当回事儿，也就是我不知道我得流感了。

原声例句：You're not taking that reward system seriously.

你没有把这个奖励制度当回事。

You don't take it seriously.

I take it seriously.

你没有认真对待。

我已经很认真了。

图片源自《小曼哈顿》

Take your problem seriously.

认真对待你的问题。

图片源自《急诊室的故事》

2. 词链儿：hang-up n.

〔无端的〕担忧，苦恼，困扰

She had cured him of all his hang-ups.

她打消了他所有的困扰。

He's got a real hang-up about his height.

他为他的身高很是苦恼。

3. 词链儿：...and stuff

…之类的东西

近义表达：

...and everything

...and all

...or something like that

...and stuff like that

...and so on/forth

点击跳转回顾【...and stuff】

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/R8-4cjGHkUdAVGpdHZoVsg

I like reading and stuff.

我喜欢看书什么的。

You can do things for your health in the way of diet, exercise, good lifestyle, not smoking and so on.

保持身体健康有多种办法，包括注意饮食、做运动、保持良好的生活习惯、不抽烟等等。

4. 词链儿：be influenced by XX

被XX影响

He might be influenced by nostalgia for the surroundings of his happy youth.

他也许被他对快乐青年时代的环境的怀念影响了。

活学活用

请用 take XX seriously 随意造句

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