If you don’t go out and experience life firsthand in a fully aware state, you cannot claim you’ve lived your life.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. 单词 ex‧pe‧ri‧ence 包含四个音节
2. claim 辅音连缀 /kl/,之间不要拖出元音来
言之有物:
1. experience life first-hand 亲身体验生活
合成词 first-hand (=firsthand)
→adj. 第一手的
first-hand experience/knowledge/account
亲身体验/直接得来的知识/第一手报道
It's not firsthand information.
那不是第一手资料.
→adv. 第一手地,直接地
I heard her news firsthand.
我直接从她本人那里听到她的消息.
...you'll experience firsthand how people treat us freaks.
你会马上体会到我们怪胎的境遇。
图片源自《美国恐怖故事》
...and you see the victims firsthand in court.
你在法庭上能直接看到受害者。
图片源自《芝加哥警署》
I know from firsthand experience what it's like to push too hard after a trauma.
我有亲身经历知道受挫后太勉强自己是什么样。
图片源自《谍影迷情》
拓展:second-hand
→adj. 旧的,用过的,二手的;间接地
second-hand clothes 旧衣服
a second-hand car 二手车
...and worked part-time at a secondhand record store.
在二手音像店兼职。
图片源自《灵书妙探》
→adv. 间接地;
We got most of our furniture second-hand.
我们大部分家具都是二手货。
She buys all her clothes second-hand.
她买的衣服都是旧的。
2. in a fully aware state 在完全清醒/了解的状态下
→ fully aware 充分意识到;完全意识到
用法①:be fully aware of sth 充分意识到某事
You did not appear fully aware of the importance of this act.
你似乎没有充分意识到这一举动的重要性。
I am fully aware of your problems.
我很清楚你的问题。
用法②:be fully aware that... 充分意识到...
Were you fully aware that something was wrong?
你有没有清楚地意识到已经出了问题?
★原声例句:I am a deserving person, even though I'm not fully aware of my worthiness.
即使我不完全了解自己的价值,我还是一个值得感谢的人。
★原声例句:I believe he was fully aware that he used his time in captivity to make peace with his fate. 我相信他已经完全意识到,他在囚禁中度过时光,与命运和平相处。
→ in a XX state / in a state of XX 在XX的状态下
Jane was in a terrible state after losing her job.
失业以后,简情况很糟。
She was in a state of shock.
她震惊不已。
Water exists in three states: liquid, gaseous, and solid.
水有三种形态: 液态、气态和固态。
He is in a state of unbridled ecstasy.
他最近鬼迷心窍。
图片源自《希区欧克》
...and left them in a state of peace.
把他们留在了安宁之中。
图片源自《犯罪心理》
3. ... you cannot claim you’ve lived your life.
① claim (that) ... 宣称;声称;断言
He claims that he’s an expert.
他自称是专家。
They claimed (that) their city was the best place to live.
他们声称,他们那座城市是最适宜居住的地方。
② you've lived your life 过了你的一生/生活过
live/lead your life
活学活用:
请用 fully aware 随意造句
弗里德里希·尼采 (Friedrich Nietzsche):德国著名哲学家,西方现代哲学的开创者,语言学家、文化评论家、诗人、作曲家、思想家,他的着作对于宗教、道德、现代文化、哲学、以及科学等领域提出了广泛的批判和讨论。他的写作风格独特,经常使用格言和悖论的技巧。
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