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第125章

Savor Each Step of Life

Guidance for Reciting

Everyone goes his way in life. What makes a difference is:does he have a pleasant trip enjoying the landscape all along?On one's journey of life some people hurry on with a heavy heart in pursuit of fame and wealth while others go easy and enjoy themselves in harmony with nature.

D

on't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been,

but also where you're going.

Life is not a race,

but a journey to be savored each step of the way.

Notes

1.savor [5seivE] v. (AmE)品尝,欣赏

驻足

诵读导言

人生之路谁不走?只是走路别忽略了一路的良辰美景。人生旅途上,有人背负着名利急急奔走,有人回归自然,飘逸而行。

不要让你的生活过得太匆忙,以至于忘记了自己到过哪里,去往何方。

人生不是赛跑,而是旅行,每一步都有值得驻足欣赏的风景。

口语点津

讲到渡过某个困难的时刻,或许你的直觉反应是要用 pass 或是 overcome,但是另外还有一个你想不太到的说法:get through 或是 pass through。例如有一次我搭一个老美的车因超速被警察拦下来,他就很紧张地说:How can we get through this?(结果最后他还是无助地被警察开了一张罚单。)或是当有人遭逢不幸时,你也可以安慰人家说:No matter what's going to happen,we will get through this hard time together. (不管将来会发生什么事,我们都要一起渡过难关。)注意一下如果你要讲的是你已经遭遇过的事情,则过去式 got through 和完成式 have been through 都可以用。例如期末考好不容易结束了,你可以松口气说:I'm so glad I got through finals week. (我很高兴终于考完了。)或是 I'm so glad I have been through finals week,强调“已经”考完了。)

Look

Guidance for Reciting

If I know what love is,it is because of you.

L

ook at this face. I know the years are showing.

Look at this life. I still don't know where it's going.

Look at these eyes. They've never seen what mattered.

Look at these dreams. So beat and so battered.

I don't know much. But I know I love you.

That may be all I need to know.

Notes

1.beat [bi:t] a. 筋疲力尽的;垂头丧气的

2.battered [5bAtEd] a. 磨损的,破旧的

看着

诵读导言

因为你,我懂得了爱。

看着这张脸,留下了岁月的痕迹。

综观人生,我仍不知将何去何从

看着这双眼睛,他们总是在茫然寻觅。

看着这些梦,已如此支离破碎

我知道的不多,但我知道我爱你。

那可能是我需要知道的全部。

口语点津

Go在英语口语中也是一个高频词汇。“你先说”怎么表达?是“You speak first.”吗?native speaker 会用“You go first.”来表达。还有Here you go. 和There you go. 听起来只有一字之差,所以很多人都会乱用,那么这二者到底有什么区别呢?仔细区分,Here you go. 指的是一件事情还在进行之中,而 There you go. 则是事情已经结束,例如店员正把你买的东西交付给你,他会说Here you go. 而不是There you go.反之,如果东西己经到了你手上,则他会说的是There you go.