Because we don't know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well.
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言之有物:
1. 词链儿:think of life as...
think of XX as 认为XX是.../把XX当作是...
I always think of him as a thief.
我总是把他当作小偷。
He speaks English so well that he is thought of as a native speaker.
他讲英语讲得很好,大家以为他是个来自英语国家的人。
2. 词链儿:get to 的四种意思
① 到达、够到
When we get to the store we'll talk to the manager.
我们到了商店会和经理谈。
② 开始做某事
Let's get to this business right now.
我们开始干正事吧!
③ 影响(负面)
This loud music really gets to me.
这吵闹的音乐激怒到我了。
Don’t let things get to you.
别让事情影响到你。
④ 能够
I'm happy when I get to learn.
当我能学到东西时,我很开心。
Because I'm in comments usually, I get to participate with you.
因为我经常在留言区,所以能和你们互动。
3. 词链儿:an inexhaustible well 一口永不会枯竭的井
in+exhaust(疲惫、耗尽)+ible 永不枯竭的
…by the inexhaustible variety of life.
...生命取之不尽的丰富。
图片源自《了不起的盖茨比》
…are the most inexhaustible source of magic.
...最取之不尽用之不竭的资源。
图片源自《哈利·波特与死亡圣器(下)》
构词形式同:
innumerable adj. 数不尽的
inseperatable adj. 无法分离的
unacceptable adj. 不能接受的
unexplainable adj. 无法解释的
Because we do not know when we will die,we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. And yet everything happens only a certain number of times.And a very small number really.
因为不知何时死之将至,我们乃将生命视为无穷无尽任意挥霍的源泉。然而,生命中发生的事情仅有那么几次,是的,或许只是一次。
——Brandon Lee
活学活用:
请用 think of XX as 随意造句
《遮蔽的天空》(The Sheltering Sky):意大利导演贝纳尔多·贝托鲁奇起用《末代皇帝》的原班人马扎根北非,拍摄出了根据保罗·鲍尔斯(Paul Bowles)1949年的经典小说Too Far form Home改编的电影。
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