This life is not here to make you suffer. This life is here to make you understand what is your potential.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
言之有物:
1. 词链儿:XX is here to do...
XX的职责[用途]就是.../ 来此做… (表示某人/物的作用)
We're here to serve you.
我们的职责就是为你服务。
I'm here to help you.
我是来帮助你的。
I'm not here to listen to your complaints.
我不是来听你抱怨的。
拓展词链儿:here to stay
〔某物〕已经成为生活中的一部分
Mobile phones are definitely here to stay.
手机绝对是生活中必不可少的。
★原声例句:I'm here to tell you that being green can help you live longer.
我在这里要告诉你,绿色环保可以帮助你活得更久。
★原声例句:And I'm here to tell you that I'm fighting it all the way.
我在这里告诉你,我一直在与之抗争。
I'm here to listen. I'm here to help.
我是来倾听的。我是来帮你的。
图片源自《星际迷航》
I'm here to ask you to marry me.
我来这里是为了向你求婚。
图片源自《弗里达 Frida》
2. 词链儿:make XX suffer
使XX受苦
I wanted to make you suffer the way I was suffering.
我想让你像我一样受苦。
I'm gonna make you suffer the way you made me suffer.
我会让你受尽折磨,就像你让我受尽折磨那样。
词汇:suffer v. 受苦,遭受;蒙受
回顾【If we didn't suffer, we wouldn't learn a thing.】
She's suffering a lot of pain.
她遭受着巨大的痛苦。
3. 原声:...make you understand what is your potential
正确语序:make you understand what your potential is.
活学活用:
请用 XX is here to do... 随意造句
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