10.20 早读 | 人们大多只关注自己的缺点，而不是闪光点

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 痴迷于…

2. 把这转化成正能量

3. XX对我母亲有点敬畏

4. 令人尴尬的沉默

10.20 早读原文

A lot of people are obsessed over whatever negative quality they perceive in themselves and they completely miss the thing that really makes them awesome.

英音讲解01:10，美音讲解04:31，词汇讲解06:21

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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. obsessed 根据清清浊浊的规律，词尾-ed对应/t/的发音；

2. completely /kəmˈpliːtli/ 词内包含舌边爆破/tl/，发音时，舌尖抵上齿龈同时发出/t/和/l/的音。

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1. 词链儿：be obsessed over/about/with/by XX 担心/痴迷于XX

He was obsessed with American gangster movies

他迷上了美国黑帮片。

A lot of young girls are obsessed by their weight.

许多少女都过于担心自己的体重。

Stop obsessing about your hair. It’s fine.

别再过于担心你的头发了，它看上去很好。

影视原声视频：

You're obsessing over this because you have nothing else to obsess about.

你现在完全痴迷于这件事因为你没有其他可痴迷的东西。

影视片段《灵书妙探》

影视原声视频：

They're obsessed with justice because of some injustice they suffered, usually when they were kids.

他们执着于追求正义因为自身曾遭遇不公，通常是幼年时遭受过创伤。

影视片段《守望者 Watchmen》

2. 词链儿：negative quality 负面品质→ 缺点/缺陷

negative energy 负能量

positive energy 正能量

They have to learn to accept it and gradually turn this into positive energy.

他们必须学会接受这一切并且逐渐把这转化成正能量。

3. 词汇：awesome adj. 棒 极好的

词根：awe n/v 敬畏

All of the neighbors were a little in awe of my mother.

邻居对我母亲都有点敬畏。

I just bought this awesome new CD!

我刚买了这张特棒的新CD！

Wow! That's totally awesome!

哇！真是棒极了！

awful adj. 糟透的；讨厌的

awfully adv. 非常，十分 = very

This is awfully good.

→awkward adj. 令人尴尬的；使人难堪的.

There was an awkward silence.

一阵令人尴尬的沉默。

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