台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是:
It's tough because we have our own expectations by which we measure others. We focus so much on whether the other person is meeting our standards that we forget to love them for being uniquely flawed and evolving, just like ourselves.
这很难做到,因为我们总是拿自己的期望去衡量别人。我们太关注他人是否符合我们设下的标准,以至于忘记了我们应该要爱他们原本所特有的缺点和他们的转变,就像爱我们自己一样。
学习重点:
1.tough 坚韧的
tough (adj.) 坚韧的
2.expectation 期待、预期
expectation (n.) 期待、预期
expect (v.) 预计
exception (n.) 例外
except (prep.) 除了...之外
3.standard 标准的
standard (n.) 标准的
4.flaw 瑕疵
flaw (n.) 瑕疵
flawless (adj.) 完美无瑕的