重点讲解:
1. a diet of sth.
大量;
eg. Children today are brought up on a diet of television cartoons and soap operas.
如今的孩子是看电视上的动画片和肥皂剧长大的。
eg. The radio had fed him a diet of pop songs.
他从广播里听到的都是千篇一律的流行歌曲。
2. be abosorbed in
极感兴趣的;专心的;全神贯注的;
eg. They were completely absorbed in each other.
两人彼此倾心。
eg. I get so absorbed in doing something that I am unaware of things happening round me.
我做事太过专心以致于对周围发生的事情丝毫未察觉。
3. manifest oneself in
使表现出来;使显露出来;
eg. The virus needs two weeks to manifest itself.
这种病毒潜伏两周时间才会发作。
eg. Their frustration and anger will manifest itself in crying and screaming.
他们用哭泣与尖叫表达自己的沮丧和愤怒。
4. response to
回复;回答;回应
eg. There has been no response to his remarks from the government.
政府尚未对他的言论作出回应。
eg. Your positive response will reinforce her actions.
你积极的回应会使她的行为更加坚定。
背景资料:
詹姆斯·卡梅隆无疑是一位成功的导演,他大胆的尝试和对梦想的坚持让他的电影备受瞩目。本篇是詹姆斯·卡梅隆在2010年的TED大会(TED是Technology, Entertainment, Design的缩写,这个会议的宗旨是“用思想的力量来改变世界”)做的演讲。詹姆斯·卡梅隆以自述的方式从回忆自己的童年爱好开始,一直追溯到自己从电影学院毕业后走上导演道路的人生经历。在演讲最后卡梅隆告诉人们:“失败是一个选项,但畏惧不是。”
名人经典:
So, that's the thought I would leave you with, is that in whatever you're doing, failure is an option, but fear is not.
所以,这是我想给你的想法,不管你做什么,失败是一个选项,但畏惧不是。