试听180秒4.1泰勒·斯威夫特：勇敢的真正含义(讲解版上)

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1. To me

对我而言，在我看来。这是英文中经常会出现的一个说法。

2. Fearless无畏

Fearless means not afraid of anything.无畏的，不怕的

- This dog is fearless.这只狗什么都不怕

- A fearless soldier勇敢无畏的士兵

同义词brave, courageous, boold

Fearless这个词来自fear

Fear 害怕，畏惧

+ less表达没有什么

- Hopeless 没有希望、无望

- Faithless 没有信仰

- Fearless 没有害怕，就是无畏，勇敢

Fear常见的搭配

Fear of something

- Sally is having a fear of flying. Sally害怕坐飞机。

Fear + that+ 一个从句

- There are fears that the stock market is going to go down.有人担心股价会下跌。

Fear for。

- The girl’ s parents have expressed their fears for her safety.

这个小女孩的父母表达了对她安全的担忧。

For fear of something.

- She has an umbrella for fear of raining.她带了伞怕下雨。

Fear v.害怕、担心、恐惧

- Police fear that there may be further terrorists attacks.

警察担心可能会有进一步的恐怖袭击。

- I fear that there is going to be too many people.我担心会有太多的人。

(“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” Nelson Mandela)

3. Absence

Absence 缺少、不在场

Absence of fear 没有恐惧

4. Completely & Unafraid

Completely完全的、全然的，

Unafraid 不害怕 (afraid就是害怕，加上un这个前缀，表示否定的前缀)

5. 平行结构

用一个平行结构表示比较：前面是To me,“FEARLESS”is not… 接着To me, FEARLESS is… 一样东西不是什么，是什么。

6. Doubt怀疑

这里是可数名词，having doubts是有所怀疑

Lots of fears, lots of doubts很多的恐惧和怀疑

7. In spite of尽管、虽然

In spite of同义词despite

In spite of something means despite something.

- We went out in spite of the rain. Or we can say we went out despite the rain.

尽管下雨我们还是出去了。

(Steve Jobs was successful in spite of his approach to leadership, not because of it.)

8. Scare使人害怕，惊吓、吓唬某人

It means to make someone feel afraid.使某人害怕，惊吓、吓唬某人

同义词 frighten使某人害怕

- You really scare me.你吓到我了。

- Scare you to death把你吓得要死。

- Scare the hell out of me把我吓得魂飞魄散。

9. Falling madly in love

Falling in love 坠入爱河

Falling madly in love就是疯狂地坠入爱河。

Madly 疯狂地

10. Even though & Hurt

Even though尽管

-Even though you’ve been hurt before.尽管曾经被伤害过。

Hurt伤害，既是动词也是名词，它的过去式，过去分词和被动式也都是hurt