If you let people's perception of you dictate your behavior, you will never grow as a person. But if you leave yourself open to experience, despite what others think, then you will learn and grow.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. dic?tate /d?k?te?t $ ?d?kte?t/ v. 英美重音位置不同
2. grow /gr/ 辅音连缀,不要加出其他元音
3. 区分leave/li:/和live/l?v/
言之有物:
1. 词链儿:perception of XX
对XX的认识/看法
perception n. 观念;看法;感知能力
perceptive adj. 有洞察力的;思维敏捷的
children's perceptions of the world
儿童对世界的认识
our perception of reality
我们对现实的认识
I was shocked to learn of the perception people have of me.
得知人们对我的看法我很震惊。
2. 词链儿:dictate your behavior
决定你的行为/左右你的行为
回顾【Scars remind us where we've been. They don't have to dictate where we're going.】
dictate v.
从原意派生出一些看起来很不相同的转义。原意是“口授(让别人书面记下来)”。
I dictated my order over the phone.
我透过电话口述了命令。
但是经过转义,成了“强加某事物(于某人)”或“指挥”、“摆布”。
dictate rules to the workers
向工人们定下规则
She refused to be dictated to by anyone.
她不肯听从任何人的指挥。
由于dictate有“(不容分说地)决定”的意思,所以也可以用来表示“大权在握,说一不二”,因此,派生的名词dictator就是“独裁者”,dictatorship就是“独裁”或“专政”。
回顾【dictator noun. 独断专行者;独裁者】
→ dictation n. 听写;口述
I love doing English dictations.
我喜欢做英语听写。
3. grow as a person 作为一个人有所成长
词链儿:grow as XX 提升品质;培养技能
英释:to develop and improve particular qualities or skills
When you stretch your comfort zone, you grow as a person.
当你扩展了自己的舒适区,你就会收获成长。
She continues to grow as an artist.
她作为艺术家不断有所提高。
They began to grow as persons.
他们开始长大成人了。
4. 词链儿:leave yourself open to experience
让自己敞开心扉地去体验
open adj.
→ 词链儿:leave sb/sth (+ adj.)
使保留,让…处于(某种状态、某地等)
Leave the door open, please.
请把门开着吧。
回顾【*leave的两种用法】
→ 词链儿:be open to XX
对XX持开放态度
As a teen, I'm open to new experiences.
作为年轻人,我还是很乐于接纳新事物的。
"Beginner's mind" allows you to remain open to new experiences despite any expertise you may have.
“初学者思维”会使你对新的经验持开放态度,尽管你可能已经掌握了一定的专业知识。
They're not open to the experience.
他们不愿意接受这种体验。
图片源自《阴间大法师》
You have to be open to the experience. Try it sometime.
你必须对这种经历持开放态度,不妨试试吧。
图片源自《大侦探皮卡丘》
5. despite what others think
插入语,前后逗号分隔开
活学活用:
请用 leave yourself open to experience 随意造句
《男孩成长记》(Boy Meets World):一个有两个兄弟姐妹的青少年,在他和一个好朋友一起成长的过程中,他经受着各种各样的生活理论的考验。
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