Most people, the bottom eighty percent are lazy, and they're in the habit of looking for easy ways to get the things they want.
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言之有物:
1. 词链儿:the bottom eighty percent
最底层的80%的人
=the bottom 80% people
=most people
词汇:bottom adj. 底部的;尽头的;最末的,最差的
your bottom lip
下嘴唇
I was bottom of the class (=the least successful student) in Spanish.
西班牙语我在班上是最后一名。
2. 词链儿:be in the habit of doing...
有...的习惯
I'm not in the habit of lying to my friends.
我没有对朋友撒谎的习惯。
I'm not in the habit of letting strangers into my apartment.
我不习惯让陌生人进我家。
相关词链儿:
get into the habit of doing... 养成了...的习惯
have a habit of doing... 有...的习惯;一贯如此
break the habit of doing... 改掉...的习惯
kick the habit 戒掉习惯
old habits die hard 旧习难改;本性难移
be a creature of habit 做事凭习惯
I'm trying to break the habit of staying up too late.
我正试图改掉熬夜的习惯。
I'm not in the habit of encouraging my patients' superstitions.
我不习惯于鼓励我的病人搞迷信。
影视片段《豪斯医生》
All day... eating, writing, everything... opening doors... in order to break the habits of living.
一整天,吃饭,写字,所有的事,开门... 就为了打破生活的定式。
影视片段《与安德烈晚餐 My Dinner with Andre》
3. 词链儿:look for easy ways to do...
寻找捷径做...
→easy ways 简单易行的方法
*在困难情况下寻找最简单或最轻松的解决方法。
There's no easy way to get success.
没有简单的方法获得成功。
→the hard way 艰难的方式
*指一种困难、费力或耗时的方法,通常与更简单、更快捷的方法相对比。
4. 词链儿:get what XX want
得到XX想要的
If you wish really hard, maybe you'll get what you want.
心诚则灵。
活学活用:
请用 There's no easy way to do somthing 随意造句
博恩·崔西(Brian Tracy),美国演说家、企业家、教育家,是美国首屈一指的个人成长权威人士,在成功学、潜能开发、销售策略及个人实力发挥等各方面拥有独树一帜的心得。他是当今世界上个人职业发展方面最成功的演说家和咨询家之一。
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