臺灣籍旅美老師今天交給我們的句子是:
All of the qualities we've been taught to think of as opposed to niceness are in fact highly compatible with, and at points, highly dependent upon it. However much we are committed to success, for long portions of our lives, we are intensely vulnerable creatures wholly at the mercy of the gentleness of others.
我們被教導的與"善良"對立的所有特質,事實上與"善良"非常協調,而且有時候,甚至要仰賴"善良"。無論我們多么努力想要成功,我們人生中很大部分的時間都是極為脆弱的,完全要仰仗他人的善意才行。
學習重點:
1.oppose 反對
oppose (v.) 反對
opponent (n.) 對手
2.compatible 相符的
compatible (adj.) 相符的
compatibility (n.) 兼容性
3.dependent 依靠的
dependent (adj.) 依靠的
independent (adj.) 獨立的
depend (v.) 依賴
4.vulnerable 易受傷的
vulnerable (adj.) 易受傷的
5.mercy 憐憫
mercy (n.) 憐憫
merciful (adj.) 仁慈的
6.intense 強烈的
intense (adj.) 強烈的
intensify (v.) 加強
intensive (adj.) 加強的、密集的