Think of stumbling blocks as stepping stones and never stop writing.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. think、stumbling、stepping、writing
均包含后鼻音,注意区分前后鼻音
2. blocks as stepping 词间连读,后进同化
言之有物:
1. 词链儿:think of XX as XX
回顾【think of...as... 把...当作...】
近义表达:
visualize/see/regard/imagine/consider XX as
回顾【visualize A as B 想像A是B/ 把A设想为B】
2. stumbling block n. 障碍物,绊脚石
stumble v. 绊倒,绊脚
The child stumbled and fell.
孩子绊了一下,摔倒了。
词链儿:remove stumbling block 清除障碍
词链儿:the/a stumbling block to XX 对…的障碍
My plans hit a stumbling block.
我的计划遇到了绊脚石。
Lack of funds is a major stumbling block to the project.
缺乏资金是这项工程的主要障碍。
So this is a stumbling block for people that come into the field.
这问题困惑了很多界内人士。
图片源自《耶鲁大学开放课程》
3. stepping-stone n. 垫脚石;跳板;进身之阶
① 具象含义
stepping-stones 〔过小溪用的〕踏脚石
② 抽象含义
词链儿:a stepping-stone to/toward(s) 成功的途径,敲门砖
The course will be a stepping stone to another career.
这门课程将成为通向另一事业的踏脚石。
Many students now see university as a stepping stone to a good job.
很多学生现在将上大学看成是找一份好工作的敲门砖。
★原声例句:Opportunities are not solutions per se, but they are stepping stones towards them.
机会本身不是解决方案,而是通往解决方案的垫脚石。
★原声例句:Failures are actually stepping stones to success.
失败实际上是成功的垫脚石。
-Oh, yeah. I heard you're a stepping stone.
-I'm no stepping stone.
-是吗,听说你是垫脚石?
-我不是垫脚石。
图片源自《斗士》
You're here because you think this job is a stepping stone to a still better one.
你把这份工作看作是通往更好工作的踏脚石。
图片源自《太空堡垒卡拉狄加》
活学活用:
请用 a stepping-stone to/toward(s) 随意造句
《3 Life Lessons From A Pencil》:要成为一支有用的铅笔,它必须经过磨砺。生活几乎是一样的。我们每个人都会经历痛苦的经历和挑战。但正是通过这些机会,我们才能成为更好的自己。
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