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听前想一想:用英语怎么说?
1. 总是动不动就崩溃
2. 还没得到渴望的生活或职业
3. 降低你的期望值
4. 不是我们想要的结果
12.11 早读原文
You can't keep freaking out because you're not where you want to be. It's life. Lower your expectations.
美音讲解00:50,英音讲解02:35,词汇讲解03:30
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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. keep freak词内包含紧元音/i:/;
2. lower词内包含两个音节,词内元音和元音连读以/w/连接;
3. expectation词内包含4个音节,重音在第3音节。
言之有物
1. 词链儿:keep freaking out
总是动不动就崩溃
→freak out
(使)产生强烈反应;(使)心烦意乱;(使)吓得要死
People just freaked out when they heard the news.
听到这个消息,民众反应激烈。
The whole idea freaked me out.
整个想法把我吓得半死。
2. 词链儿:you're not where you want to be
你还没到你想去的地方
If you're not where you want to be in your life or career, don't sweat it. You still have time.
如果还没得到渴望的生活或职业,请不要焦躁。你还有时间。
拓展词链儿:
→ you're not where you're supposed to be
你不在你该在的地方
→... not exactly where we wanted to be
不是我们想要的结果
→... not where either of us want to be
我们都不想这样/不是我们想要的结果
→... not where you expected to be
不是你期许的职位/不是你想去的地方
→ be where you're supposed to be
待在你该待的地方
......
影视原声视频:
The point is where I'll be in ten years, not where you're gonna be.
重点是我十年后会在哪里,而不是你会在哪里。
影视片段《寻找阿拉斯加》
影视原声视频:
But sometimes where you belong is not where you're meant to be.
但有时候你归属的地方并不是你应该待的地方。
影视片段《真实的人类》
3. 词链儿:lower your expectations (of...)
降低你(对......)的期望值
Not everyone's good. So lower your expectations of others.
不是每个人都好。所以降低你对别人的期望。
活学活用
请用 lower your expectations (of...) 随意造句
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