第560期:追随让你内心感到快乐的事情, 不要轻易妥协
时间:2019-01-30 作者:英语课 分类:卡卡课堂早餐英语
英语课
妥协是一种很难受的感觉
喜欢唱Diamonds的人一定对“日日”,Rihanna(蕾哈娜)不会陌生。她不仅有才有貌,而且是个超级带货女王。出生在一个偏僻岛国巴巴多斯的她凭借自己优秀的才华,在美国一路过关斩将,蝉联多座格莱美、全英音乐和MTV音乐大奖。而她的祖国,更是把她奉为国宝级的歌手。“日日”的出名,带动了巴巴多斯的旅游业。为了表彰她为家乡争光,特地以她的名字命名了一条路。巴巴多斯也授予了蕾哈娜旅游大使的称号,并且将她的生日2月20日,定为“蕾哈娜日”。今天我们分享一句她说过的话。
核心单词:
gut 1 n. 胆量;勇气;直觉
The new Chancellor 2 has the guts 3 to push through unpopular tax increases
新总理有勇气推动不受欢迎的增税方案获得通过。
settle for sth.
to accept sth. that is not exactly what you want but is the best that is available
勉强接受;将就
In the end they had to settle for a draw.
最后,他们只好接受平局的结果。
Rihanna名言
I always believed that when you follow your heart or your gut, when you really follow the things that feel great to you, you can never lose, because settling is the worst feeling in the world.
翻译
我一向相信,当你听从内心的或直觉,当你真正追随让你感到快乐的事情,你绝对不会有损失,因为妥协是世界上最难受的感觉。
请根据今天所学的生词来翻译下面两个句子:
中译英:
我需要鼓起更大的勇气去见他。
答案:It takes more guts than I've usually got to go and see him.
英译中:
Virginia was a perfectionist. She was just not prepared to settle for anything mediocre 4
答案:弗吉尼娅是个完美主义者,她根本不愿意拿任何普普通通毫无特色的东西将就。
n.[pl.]胆量;内脏;adj.本能的;vt.取出内脏
- It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
- My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。
n.(英)大臣;法官;(德、奥)总理;大学校长
- They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
- He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。
v.狼吞虎咽,贪婪地吃,飞碟游戏(比赛双方每组5人,相距15码,互相掷接飞碟);毁坏(建筑物等)的内部( gut的第三人称单数 );取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 );内脏;消化道的下段;肠
- I'll only cook fish if the guts have been removed. 鱼若已收拾干净,我只需烧一下即可。
- Barbara hasn't got the guts to leave her mother. 巴巴拉没有勇气离开她妈妈。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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