Since we can't know our ultimate futures, we also can't know how our choices will affect them. What matters is that we still get to choose.
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言之有物:
1. 词链儿:ultimate futures
最终未来→终将归于何处
ultimate adj. 最终的;终极的
ultimately adv. 最后,最终
回顾【what ultimately matters is...】
the ultimate fate/failure
最终命运/失败
our ultimate goal/ aim/ objective/ target
我们最终的目的/目标
2. 词链儿:affect XX
① 影响XX
近义表达:
have an influence/effect on XX
impact on XX
Your opinion will not affect my decision.
你的意见不会影响我的决定。
② (感情上)深深打动XX;使XX悲伤/不安
We were all deeply affected by her death.
我们都为她的去世深感悲痛。
The bad news affected us.
坏消息使我们感到不安。
★原声例句:The floods aren't just affecting lives, they're affecting livelihoods.
洪水不仅影响人们的生活,还会影响生计。
★原声例句:Everyone on this planet affects and is affected by the ocean.
我们每一个人都会影响海洋,也会被海洋影响。
You don't let other people's problems affect you.
你不让别人的问题干扰你。
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That affects funding, which affects your salaries.
会影响到学校预算,从而影响你们的工资。
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*词汇辨析:affect & effect
affect v. = to have an influence/effect on XX 影响XX;不能用作名词;
effect n. = result, influence 作用;影响;
effect v. = to make something happen 引起,导致;effect作动词罕见且正式。
Does television affect children's behavior?
电视对孩子的行为有影响吗?
Does television have an effect on children’s behavior?
电视对孩子的行为有影响吗?
3. 词链儿:What matters is XX
重要的是XX
回顾【What matters is what we do now. 】
4. 词链儿:get to do XX
= have the opportunity to do XX
get to choose
有得选
回顾【get to do XX 有机会做某事】
活学活用:
请用 affect XX 随意造句
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