Do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. golden/rule 单词内包含舌侧音dark/l/;
2. acquire 单词内部自然连贯出/j/音;
3. duty英美发音略有不同:英音/?dju?ti/;美音/?du?ti/。
言之有物:
1. 词链儿:the golden rule for...
某事的黄金法则、金科玉律
The golden rule for after-dinner speeches is to keep them short and sweet.
发表餐后讲演的金科玉律是简明扼要。
Wherever you were bound, there was one golden rule for the pioneers: follow the river.
无论你要前往何处,对于开路先锋们来说都有一条黄金定律:沿着河走。
图片源自《西部风云史》
The golden rule: always use a follow car.
黄金定律:永远要有人殿后。
图片源自《无耻家庭》
2. 词链儿:acquire the habit of...
获得XX的习惯
To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
养成阅读的习惯等于为自己筑起一个避难所,几乎可以避免生命中所有的灾难。
—— 毛姆
We want people to acquire the habit of using public transport instead of their cars.
我们希望人们养成使用公共交通而不是私家车的习惯。
★原声例句:I think maybe we acquire a habit of mind when we're children.
我想也许我们从小就养成了一种思维习惯。
★原声例句:As you acquire the habit of controlling your thoughts, and with the emotions well under control, then you begin to turn the consciousness back upon self.
当你养成了控制你的思想和情绪的习惯,然后你开始将意识转向自我。
3. 词链儿:do your duty 承担责任; 尽你的义务
be on duty 值班
be in charge 负责
He was only doing his duty when he made you do that.
他那么做,只不过是在尽自己的义务。
Who is on duty here? I need some help.
谁值班?我需要帮助。
回顾【be duty-bound 责无旁贷】
活学活用:
请用 acquire the habit of 随意造句
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