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When we deny what is worst about ourselves, we also deny what is best. We repress our ignorance, and thus we deny our capacity to learn; we repress our faults, and thus we deny our capacity to change.
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今日发音练习重点：
*话未说完的语调为升调↗，内容结束的语调为降调↘：
When we deny what is worst about ourselves, ↗
we also deny what is best. ↘
We repress our ignorance, ↗
and thus we deny our capacity to learn; ↘
we repress our faults, ↗
and thus we deny our capacity to change.↘
言之有物：
1. deny something 否认某事
*deny的4种用法：
① +noun.
② to do
③ doing something
④ that+从句
They all denied ever having seen her.
他们全部否认曾见过她。
You can't deny that he's a good singer.
你无法否认，他是个好歌手。
词链儿→there is no denying the fact that...无可否认
There is no denying that he was a great man.
不容否认，他是个伟大的人。
There's no denying (the fact)that quicker action could have saved them.
无可否认，如果行动快一点，本来是救得了他们的。
2. 名词结构→what is worst/best about someone
某人最坏（缺点）/好的地方（优点）
3. repress verb. 克制; 压抑
repress our ignorance 压抑我们的无知
repress our faults 压抑我们的错误
repressed a laugh 憋笑
repressed her anger 抑制愤怒
He said I must be repressing the memory.
他说我一定是在排斥那段记忆。
图片源自《身为人母》
...a fact that the authorities have repressed.
此系当局所隐瞒的真相。
图片源自《虎胆龙威2》
4. and thus...如此一来/因此
*用法同therefore，但thus更口语化。
Jimmy is adopted and thus unrelated to Beth by blood
吉米是被收养的，因此和贝丝没有血缘关系。
Thus, the second-order term…
因此，从一次摄动能量中……
图片源自《蜘蛛侠》
5. *辨析 capacity & ability & capability
很多时候可通用。
对人而言，capacities是天生的，而abilities是后天习得的。
*capacity 容量，能量
The vehicle’s fuel capacity is 120 gallons.
这辆汽车的汽油容量是120加仑。
*capability可理解为是ability的极致。
ability 能力
capability 能耐
I have the ability to write, I don’t have the capability to write a novel.
我有能力写作，但没有能耐写出一本小说。
活学活用：
请用 deny 随意造句
社交媒体背后那个不完美的真实自我：纽约时报畅销书《教育改变人生》作者Tara Westover在东北大学本科毕业典礼的演讲。
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