Do not live by somebody else's rules. Live by your own.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

言之有物：

1. 词链儿：live by

① 过…生活；以〔某种方式〕生活

→词链儿：live by the/ one's rule/ belief/ ideal/ principle

恪守规则、信念、理想、原则/ 按照（某信念或原则）生活

I have always tried to live by my faith (=according to my religion).

我一直努力按照自己的信仰生活。

That's a philosophy I could live by.

那就是我所信奉的人生哲学。

★原声例句：We live by certain standards and those standards can at first seem daunting.

这里凡事都有个规矩，一开始会有些无所适从。

★原声例句：Commanding leaders live by a "do what I tell you" philosophy.

指挥型领导者的生活哲学是“照我说的做”。

We live by one rule, and one rule only never again will we allow ourselves to be put in such a position.

今后我们只有一条准则，绝不再陷入如此境地。

图片源自《纸牌屋》

There are rules, we're all living by rules in this world.

无规矩不成方圆，我们靠着这些规矩生存。

图片源自《第九区》

② 靠…为生

→词链儿：live by doing XX

They live by hunting and killing deer.

他们以猎杀鹿为生。

a community that lives by fishing

靠捕鱼为生的群体

3. 词链儿：somebody else's XX

别人的XX

=some other person's XX

Why should I take the blame for somebody else's mistakes?

我为什么要代人受过呢？

You're wearing somebody else's coat.

你穿的外衣是别人的。

活学活用：

请用 live by the/ one's rule/ belief/ ideal/ principle 随意造句

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