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You chase your reality not at the expense of your dreams, but as the foundation of your dreams. It's very important that you take the elevator position.
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言之有物：
1. 词链儿：chase reality 追逐现实 → 把握现实
reality n. 现实
dream n. 梦想；理想
virtual reality 虚拟现实（VR）
Stop daydreaming and face reality.
别再做白日梦了，要面对现实。
I don't want to tell you [ to chase your dreams ] because I don't believe that. I want you to chase your reality.
我不想告诉你“去追逐你的梦想”，因为我不相信。我要你追逐你的现实。
2. 词链儿：at the expense of XX
以XX为代价
= at the cost/price of XX
= at the sacrifice of XX
回顾【come without a cost 没有代价/不需要付出代价 】
at the expense of your dreams
以梦想为代价
He built up the business at the expense of his health.
他以自己的健康为代价逐步建立起这个企业。
He rescued the boy from drowning at the cost of his own life.
他救这小孩免于淹死却牺牲了自己的生命。
★原声例句：It comes at the expense of a self-sufficient life in the forest.
这是以牺牲森林里自给自足的生活为代价的。
★原声例句：As far as I'm concerned, money should not be pursued at the expense of quality of life.
在我看来，不应以牺牲生活质量为代价来追求金钱。
- It keeps your hands clean at the expense of……
- At the expense of who?
- 你撇清关系，却牺牲了……
- 却牺牲了谁？
图片源自《傲骨贤妻》
Always looking out for other people at the expense of yourself.
总是以牺牲自己为代价去照顾他人。
图片源自《命运航班》
3. 词链儿：the foundation of XX
XX的基础
found v. 创立；创建
foundation n. 基础
回顾【If you're trying to build for the future, you must set your foundation strong.若你想在未来有所建树，就必须打下坚实的基础】
Best friends are the foundation of my life.
好朋友是我生命的支柱。
the foundation of a building
房基
The foundation of what we believe in here is love.
在这里，我们信仰的基础是爱。
图片源自《圣经故事》
拓展表达：
be founded on/upon XX
be based on XX
建立在XX的基础上
The castle is founded on solid rock.
这座城堡建在坚固的岩石上。
4. take the elevator position
→ 像搭载电梯一样（快速提升）
词链儿：take the elevator 乘坐电梯
elevator n. 升降梯；电梯（美式英语）
lift 英式英语
escalator n. 自动扶梯
Life tells you to take the elevator, but love tells you to take the stairs.
生活要快快的，而爱情则要慢慢的。
活学活用：
请用 at the expense of XX 随意造句
《普林斯顿大学毕业典礼诺兰演讲 | Christopher Nolan's Keynote Speech at Princeton University》
克里斯托弗·诺兰导演于2015年6月在普林斯顿大学毕业典礼上发表的演讲。在演讲中，导演既表达了对年轻一代的期许，也对即将踏入社会的同学们传递了“尊重现实”的理念：不要只为了追求远方的梦想，而忽略了当下的现实。借梦想之势，在现实中深入求索，才可以尽己所能让世界变得更美好。
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