Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. first-rate & second-rate 对比,重音转移
2. version /?v????n $ ?v??r??n/
3. somebody else 词间元元连读
言之有物:
别人再好也不去模仿。要做最真实的自己。
1. Always be a first-rate version of yourself.
*always 位于祈使句句首,表示强调;根据情况可译为:一定、千万、永远... 等。
→ first-rate adj. 一流的;优秀的
=of the very best quality
近义词:excellent; first-class; world-class
The food here is absolutely first-rate.
这里的食物绝对是第一流的。
→ second-rate adj. 二流的;平庸的;普通的
近义词:mediocre
回顾【The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. 】
a second-rate player
平庸的运动员
★原声例句:He's also a first-rate scholar.
他也是一流的学者。
★原声例句:It's always some third-rate movie with some second-rate star.
总是些二流明星演的三流电影。
Both of whom went to first-rate schools.
全都来自最优秀的学校。
图片源自《哈佛大学公共课》
- I don't have time for second rate.
- We're not second rate.
- You don't have to get all defensive.
-我可没空陪二流的人玩。
-我们不是二流。
-你不用那么生气。
图片源自《摇滚青春》
→ first-class adj. /adv. 第一流的,优等的;
→ second-class adj. 二等的,较差的,二流的
His writing is first-class.
他的作品是一流的。
The food was first-class.
食物一流。
a second-class education
二流的教育
a first-class carriage
头等车厢
→ world-class 世界级的,世界第一流水平的
He was determined to become a world-class player.
他决心成为世界级选手。
A world-class surgeon is notably better than a mediocre surgeon.
世界级的外科医生显然比一般的外科医生要好。
2. 词链儿:a version of XX XX的版本
a new version of the software
这个软件的新版本
the latest version of the software package
软件包的最新版本
version history
版本历程记录
3. 词链儿:instead of XX 而不是…
回顾【Instead of feeling sad, be happy. 与其难过,不如开心起来。】
活学活用:
请用 first-rate / second-rate 随意造句
朱迪·嘉兰(Judy Garland):美国传奇影星、歌星。在她45年的歌唱生涯中,嘉兰以扮演音乐型戏剧角色和在音乐舞台上的表演而成为国际明星。由于她的多才多艺,她被授予奥斯卡最佳青少年演员奖、金球奖、塞西尔·B·迪米尔奖、格莱美奖和托尼奖。她的音域是女低音。
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