跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第536期
Braveness is the resistance to concern, mastery of panic, not absence of anxiety. Mark Twain.
語音講解
今日發音練習重點:
anxiety
言之有物
1. 詞鏈兒:the resistance to XX = 對XX的抵抗 不或沒有XX
動詞形式爲 resist
This new paint is designed to resist heat.
這種新油漆具有耐熱性。
Students should resist the temptation to focus on exams alone...
學生們應當抵制誘惑,集中精力備考。
2. 詞鏈兒:mastery of = 對XX的掌控
動詞形式爲 master 掌握
French was a language he had never mastered.
法語他一直沒有學好。
3. 詞鏈兒:absence of = XX的缺席 沒有XX
absent adj. 缺席的
anxiety noun. 焦慮
anxious adj. 焦慮的
I was relieved from anxiety.
我的心病消除了。
Parents are naturally anxious for their children.
父母自然爲兒女擔心。
There are plenty of graduates anxious for work.
有大量畢業生渴求工作。
活學活用
請用the resistance to 隨意造句
《颶風奇劫》(The Hurricane Heist)是由羅伯.科恩執導,由託比·凱貝爾 、瑪姬·格蕾斯、瑞恩·柯萬騰 等參與演出的動作片。影片講述財務部女調查員追查混進鑄幣廠偷竊紙幣的盜賊,然而颶風即將來臨,她不得不和留在當地的氣象學家共同面對盜賊和颶風的故事。