You can't get so hung up on where you'd rather be that you forget to make the most of where you are.

語音講解：

今日發音練習重點：

1. hung /ʌŋ/

2. 意群停頓：that前可停頓一次

言之有物：

1. 詞鏈兒：be/get hung up on someone/something

=be obsessed with someone/something

Why are you so hung up on getting everything right?

為何你如此執著于每件事都要正確？

Don't get hung up on the details. Just try to do your best.

不必細摳細節，盡力就好。

John is really hung up on Mary.

John非常迷戀Mary.

People get hung up on details.

人們總愛對細節糾纏不休。

圖片源自《猜火車》

Come on. Don't get hung up on money here.

拜托，別鉆錢眼里了行嗎？

圖片源自《絕命毒師》

*注意區分 hang(過去式為hung) up on someone 掛某人電話

He hung up on me! What an asshole!

他掛我電話！他太壞了！

They hung up on me.

他們居然掛了我的電話。

圖片源自《生活大爆炸 第七季》

2. where you would rather be 你更愿意去的地方

詞鏈兒：would rather do/be 更愿意做的/成為的

英文釋義：would prefer (to do something); would be more inclined or willing (to do something).

She said she would rather not talk to you right now.

她說她現在不愿與你講話。

I'd rather live in the north than the south, because I like snow.

我更愿意住在北方，因為我喜歡雪。

3. make the most of where you are 充分利用好你當下的位置

詞鏈兒：make the most of XX 充分利用XX 后跟人或物

You might be a lot happier if you made the most of yourself.

如果你能盡可能多努力，就會更開心。

Mary knows how to make the most of her talents.

Mary知道怎樣充分利用自己的才能。

Make the most of it.

好好享受吧。

圖片源自《黑鏡 第一季》

...who would make the most of it.

她絕不會放棄這個機會的。

圖片源自《傲慢與偏見》

4. so...that... 如此...以至于...

The vegetable is quite nutritious, but it's so pungent that many people refuse to eat it.

這蔬菜很有營養，但味道太沖，人們不愛吃。

I was waiting so long that I ended up falling asleep.

我等得太久，都睡著了。

活學活用：

請用 be/get hung up on 隨意造句

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