Motherhood is not simply the organic process of giving birth. It's an understanding of the needs of the world.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
-hood中的元音不要发成“户”,而应该是/ʊ/
句子节奏:It's an understANding of the NEEDS of the WORLD.
言之有物:
1. motherhood noun. 身为人母
sisterhood 姐妹情谊
brotherhood 兄弟情谊
fatherhood 身为人父
boyhood 男孩时代,少年时代
*-hood
后缀-hood 来源于古英语,它一般加在名词后面(有时也加在形容词后面),构成抽象名词。其主要意思是the state or quality of being ~(...的状态或性质)和the character or status of ~(...的身份或资格)。此外,还可以表示 a group or body of~s (...的集体)与a concrete instance of~(...的实例)。
He often told us his boyhood adventures.
他常常把自己少年时代的奇遇告诉我们。
I didn't know I would handle the whole motherhood thing…
还对为母之道一无所知...
图片来自《绝望的主妇》
Hey, Knick fan, am I interested in your views on fatherhood?
《尼克队》迷,我有兴趣知道,你对为人父亲的想法吗?
图片源自《老友记》
2. organic process 有机过程
organic adj. 有机的;生物的; 器官的
3. 词链儿:give birth (to)...
① 生孩子:Angela gave birth to a beautiful baby girl last night.
Angela昨晚生了个漂亮的女孩。
② 使发生/促成:The technological advances gave birth to the Industrial Revolution.
科技发展促成了工业革命。
You're gonna need to give birth to this baby here.
就在这里生孩子。
图片源自《行尸走肉》
Get married, give birth to two and a half babies.
结婚,生个一儿半女。
图片源自《第一次》
★原声例句:Gain some perspective, so that you could come back and give birth to something new that was more aligned with the who you are meant to be now.
获取一些观点,然后反过来用于产出符合你当下的新的观点。
★原声例句:The writing process also provoked serendipity that would be little happy accidents that would give birth to a new idea.
写作的过程激发了一些机缘,一些小的可爱的意外,使我促成了新的点子。
The youth of America. We helped give birth to MTV.
美国的年轻人,我们帮助促成了MTV.
图片源自 《波西米亚狂想曲》
4. an understanding of the needs of the world
need noun. 需求;需要
活学活用:
请用give birth (to)...随意造句
《TED演讲:面对未知与危机,像母亲一样思考 》:面对世界上最紧迫的危机,有一个简单而有效的方法,Yifat Susskind认为是,像母亲一样思考。正如她所说:“当你像母亲一样思考时,你优先考虑的是多数人的需求,而不是少数人的奇想。”演讲中,她分享了世界各地体现这种心态的人的感人故事,并展示了这种心态如何也能帮助你超越痛苦,采取行动,建设一个更美好的世界。
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