We don't get to choose our warts. They are a part of us and we have to live with them.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
言之有物:
1. 词链儿:get to do XX 有机会做某事
=to have the opportunity to do something
She gets to travel all over the place with her job.
她做这个工作可以到各地旅行。
2. wart n. 〔皮肤上的〕肉赘,疣;瑕疵
拓展表达:warts and all 包括一切缺点
She still loves him, warts and all.
她仍然爱他,不管他有什么缺点。
He gives us a portrait of the real Gandhi, warts and all.
他向我们描绘了真正的甘地,包括他的不足。
回顾【peccadillo 小错误,小过失;小岔子】
→ warty skin
长满疙瘩的皮肤
2. 词链儿:be a part of XX
是…的一部分
Death is just a part of life.
死亡只是人生中的一部分。
Commuting is a part of daily life for many people.
乘车上下班是许多人日常生活的一部分。
★原声例句:A syllable is a part of an English word and it's created by a vowel sound.
音节是英语单词的一部分,是根据元音划定的。
★原声例句:I wanted to be a part of that one percent.
我想要成为那1%的一员。
Is there a part of you, even a tiny part... thinks he might've done it?
你内心深处是否想过,哪怕就一丝一毫,是他做的?
图片源自《捍卫雅各布》
Comforting is a part of leadership.
安慰队员是领导的职责。
图片源自《生活大爆炸》
Evolution is a part of nature.
进化是自然的一部分。
图片源自《英雄》
3. 词链儿:live with XX
与…一起生活;容忍;留在…的记忆里
回顾【People have all kinds of sides to them. And some sides are messy. The point isn't to push the bad stuff away. It's to make room for it, live with it. 】
We can really live with fewer things.
东西变少了我们也真的可以生存下去。
I just had to learn to live with the pain.
我不得不学会忍受痛苦。
活学活用:
请用 be a part of XX 随意造句
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