No one's perfect. People make their mistakes as they stumble uphill. I thought the marginalized were supposed to have a voice.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
言之有物:
1. 词链儿:No one's perfect.
=Nobody's perfect.
=None of us is perfect.
金无足赤,人无完人。
Cut yourself some slack, because no one is perfect.
放自己一马吧,因为人无完人。
2. 词链儿:stumble uphill
爬坡
词汇:stumble v. 蹒跚而行,踉跄;绊脚,绊跌
He stumbled upstairs and into bed.
他踉踉跄跄地走上楼倒在床上。
3. 词汇:
margin n. 边缘;极限;界限
marginal adj. 边缘的;微不足道的
marginalize v. 使〔某人或某群体〕显得不重要,使…边缘化
marginalization n. 边缘化;忽视
Female employees complained of being marginalized by management.
女性雇员抱怨被管理层边缘化了。
the marginalization of the elderly
对老年人的忽视
4. 词链儿:be supposed to do/be...
(按规定、习惯、安排等)应当,须......
You were supposed to be here an hour ago!
你本该在一小时以前就到这儿!
What is that supposed to mean?
这算什么意思呢?
That's what artists are supposed to do. They're supposed to be... supposed to be inspiring.
那是艺术家们应该做的事。他们就应该...... 应该能够启发灵感。
影视片段《嘻哈帝国》
I suppose that's supposed to be humorous?
我想这该是很好笑吧?
影视片段《超人前传》
5. 词链儿:have a voice
有发言权
=have a say
Employees should have a voice in the decision-making process.
雇员在决策的过程中应该有发言权。
活学活用:
请用 be supposed to do/be... 随意造句
Jordan Peterson - How Young Men Have Been Marginalized
心理学教授乔丹?彼得森 Jordan B. Peterson
多伦多大学心理学教授,临床心理学家,前哈佛大学心理学系教授。主要研究异常心理、社会心理以及da人格心理学,大五人格研究专家。
彼得森和哈佛大学、多伦多大学的同事及学生联合发表了一百多篇学术论文,推动当代人对人格的理解,他在哈佛执教时,入围过极富声望的利文森教学奖(Levenson Teaching Prize)。在多伦多大学被学生称为“改变人生”的三位教授之一。
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