If you're willing to take some risks, if you're willing to really go out and show appreciation and you're willing to really look at ideas, even if they're crazy, through the lens of possibilities, you'll build a bigger and bigger sail to catch the winds of luck.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. 听讲解，willing的读法，英美略有差异；

2. go out / show appreciation 元元连读+/w/；

3. 列举事物的语调：if A↗, if B↗ and C↗, you'll↘；

4. 注意区分sell/e/和sail/eɪ/的发音。

言之有物：

1. 词链儿：take risks 冒险

单数为take a risk

回顾【take chances on 冒险】

2. 词链儿：be willing to do XX 乐意[愿意] 做某事

willing adj. 愿意的，乐意的

I'm perfectly willing to help.

我非常愿意帮忙。

回顾【be willing to do】

3. 词链儿：show / express one's appreciation 表达感激/感谢

She shows little appreciation of good music.

她感受不到美好音乐的妙处。

Children rarely show any appreciation of/for what their parents do for them.

孩子对父母为自己所做的一切鲜少表现出感激之情。

★原声例句：Don't forget to show your appreciation for that thing or for that person.

不要忘记对那件事或那个人表达你的感激。

★原声例句：I'm gonna show my appreciation by sending some big emoji here.

我要发个大表情来表达我的感激。

So show a little appreciation, maybe.

所以，也许应该表达一点感激之情。

图片源自《绿皮书》

4. 词链儿：through the lens of possibilities 通过可能性的视角

lens n.〔照相机的〕镜头

词链儿：through the lens of... 通过...的视角 /从...的角度审视或判断...

He watches everything through the lens of his video camera.

他透过摄像机的镜头观察所有事物。

Review your products and services through the lens of profitability.

从盈利能力的角度审视产品和服务。

It's a scathing indictment of societal inequity as seen through the lens of the working poor.

是关于从穷苦大众的角度对社会的不平等进行严厉的控诉。

图片源自《新飞跃比弗利》

活学活用：

请用 show/express one's appreciation 随意造句

《不够幸运？那是因为你不够努力》（Tina Seelig: The little risks you can take to increase your luck ）：幸运很少像闪电一样，孤立和戏剧性地来临——它更像风，一直不断地吹着。捕捉更多运气很容易，但并非人人都清楚如何做到。在这场鞭辟入里的演讲中，斯坦福理工学院教授蒂娜·齐莉格分享了三种意想不到的方法来提升你的运气——以及你发现和抓住机会的能力。

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