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听前想一想:用英语怎么说?
1. 保持乐观
2. 触及生活的每个角落/方方面面。
3. 造成灾祸
4. 全神贯注于...
5. 引出了一些令人担忧的问题
4.18 早读原文
Negativity is like the wind. It touches every corner of our lives. But it only becomes a troubling storm and wreaks havoc in our lives only when we give it our attention.
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音标符号来自权威词典| Longman Dictionary
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1. negativity /ˌneɡəˈtɪvəti/ 注意次重音在词首,主重音在第三个音节;
2. wind 包含易错音组/ɪn/;
3. corner of our, But it only, havoc in our, give it our attention 注意词间连读;
4. wreaks /ri:k/注意紧元音/i:/的发音。
言之有物
1. 词汇:
negativity n. 消极情绪/负面情绪/负能量
positivity n. 积极情绪/正面情绪/正能量
Let's turn off the negativity of the day and turn on the positivity.
让我们把今天的消极情绪转到积极的一面。
词链儿网络:
look on the bright side 保持乐观的态度
see the glass half-full 乐观看待问题
look at things in a positive way 以积极的方式看待事物
have a positive attitude towards... 对...持有积极的态度
2. 词链儿:It touches every corner of our lives.
它触及我们生活的每个角落/方方面面。
→整体输入输出
3. 词链儿:troubling storm
令人不安的风暴
词汇:troubling adj. 令人担心的
=worrying
This incident raises troubling questions.
这件事引出了一些令人担忧的问题。
4. 词链儿:wreak havoc/ mayhem/ destruction (on XX)
(对XX)造成灾祸/骚乱/破坏
wreak /riːk/ v. 造成,引起(灾祸等)
havoc /ˈhævək/ n. 灾难;混乱
mayhem /ˈmeɪhem/ n. 骚乱,大混乱
The recent storms have wreaked havoc on crops.
最近的暴风雨给农作物造成了巨大灾害。
5. 词链儿:give XX one's attention
对…予以关注
Give proper attention to your work.
好好注意你的工作。
only when we give it our attention
只有当我们关注它的时候
拓展词链儿:give... one's full/complete/undivided attention
全神贯注于...
I couldn't give the programme my undivided attention.
我不能专心一意地关注这个方案。
影视原声视频:
We are looking into each other's eyes and giving one another our undivided attention.
我们要看着彼此的眼睛,把注意力完全集中到对方身上。
影视片段《再造淑女 Selfie》
影视原声视频:
I expect you'll give this your undivided attention.
我希望你能专心致志/心无旁骛。
影视片段《谍影迷情》
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请用 give... one's full/ complete/ undivided attention 随意造句
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Negativity is like the wind. It touches every corner of our lives. But it only becomes a troubling storm and wreaks havoc in our lives only when we give it our attention. 只有当我们关注负面情绪的时候,它才会变成一场令人不安的风暴,在我们的生活中肆虐。 ——在这个禅宗故事中,发现内心平静的永恒智慧。
Negativity is like wind.It touches every corner of our lives.But it only becomes a troubling storm and wreak havoc in our lives only when we give it our attention.