跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第294期
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：2018年NPR美国国家公共电台1月
英语课
The minute you stop looking for someone else to cure you, maybe you start living again.
语音讲解
单词发音
minute n.分，分钟；片刻，一会儿；
cure vt.治疗；治愈；
living adj.活的；现存的；活跃的；逼真的
连词发音
someone else to
start living again
轻读重读
重读：cure/living again
弱读：the/you/for/to
词汇讲解
1.the minute you stop doing something...
释义：当你停止XX的时候
请看电影《妙不可言》中对这个词链儿的应用：
例句：The minute you stop thinking there's someone out there for you, it's over
当你停止觉得世界上可能会有那么一个人在等你的时候，那么一切也就结束了。
辨析 stop doing/stop to do
He stopped to smoke a cigarette.
他停下（脚步、车等），吸烟。
He stopped smoking.
他戒烟了。
2.look for someone else to cure you
释义：找别人治愈你
例句：When I'm having a bad mood, I always look for music to cure me.
我心情不好的时候，总是想找音乐来治愈我。
cure verb. 治愈
请看美剧《罪恶黑名单》中cure的应用：
The only cure to corruption 1 is disruption 2.
3. start doing something
辨析 start&begin区分
start既可以是名词，也可以是动词；begin只用于动词
他12岁开始骑马。
He started horse-riding at the age of twelve.
He began horse-riding at the age of twelve.
begin比start更正式：
It is beginning to rain. （别扭）
It is starting to rain. （自然）-非正式
Let us begin (the work) now. （自然）
1 corruption
n.腐败，堕落，贪污
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
2 disruption
n.分裂
- The state was in disruption. 国家处于分崩离析之中。
- Such storms cause considerable disruption in magnetic prospecting operation. 这种磁暴对磁法勘探产生严重的破坏。
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