An idea is like a virus, resilient, highly contagious. A smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you.
語音講解:
今日發音練習重點:
idea/virus 注意紅色部分不要卷舌
言之有物:
1. virus noun. 病毒
拓展詞鏈兒:go viral
(短期內)獲得大量傳播,迅速走紅,變得火爆、瘋傳、瘋轉、爆紅
Their amazing video of the project has now gone viral with millions of views.
項目視頻迅速爆紅,引來上百萬觀看。
2. resilient / highly contagious
→resilient adj. 有韌勁的 點擊跳轉
→highly contagious adj. 傳染性極強的
詞匯拓展:
contagious adj. 傳染的
transmit /spread virus 傳播病毒
get infected with XX 被XX感染
become infected 被傳染
vaccine 疫苗
Smallpox is highly contagious and kills 30 percent of its victims.
天花的傳染性很強,百分之三十的感染者喪命。
It is highly contagious and can spread rapidly.
感染性強,傳播迅速。
★原聲例句:The spread of highly contagious illnesses such as smallpox and measles became a death sentence for those with no immunity.
傳染性強的疾病,如天花和麻疹,對于沒有免疫力的人來說就是死刑。
That's out of the question. Polio is highly contagious.
不行,小兒麻痹癥很容易傳染。
圖片源自《大西洋帝國》
I can't let you go in there, she's highly contagious.
我不能讓你進去,她具有高度傳染性。
圖片源自《天生一對 (The Parent Trap)》
3. 詞鏈兒:a seed of an idea 思想的種子/小小的念頭/細微的想法
Although there may be an ending, there is always a seed of an idea which someone can nurture and grow into a tall tree.
雖然會有結局,但細小的念頭總能長成參天大樹。
= a germ of an idea
He has a germ of an idea, but it's unshaped.
他有個念頭,但念頭未經打磨。
By early 2010, he had a germ of a business idea.
2010年時候,他就有了一個商業念頭。
拓展詞鏈兒:to plant a seed (of an idea) 種下思想的種子
The seed of an idea was planted.
念頭就這么種下了。
★原聲例句:And all these observations planted the seed of an idea.
所有這些觀察使TA種下了一個想法。
Now, the seed that we plant in this man's mind will grow into an idea.
我們植入這人頭腦里的種子會成長成為一個意念。
圖片源自《盜夢空間 (Inception)》
4. 詞鏈兒:grow to 逐漸長成.../漸漸XX
I'm sure you'll grow to like her in time.
我肯定你慢慢就會喜歡她了
In the tropics plants grow to huge proportions.
在熱帶,植物會長得非常高大。
You grow to appreciate what you have.
會漸漸珍惜你所擁有。
活學活用:
請用 a seed of an idea 隨意造句
《盜夢空間》(Inception):影片講述由萊昂納多·迪卡普里奧扮演的造夢師,帶領約瑟夫·高登-萊維特、艾倫·佩吉扮演的特工團隊,進入他人夢境,從他人的潛意識中盜取機密,并重塑他人夢境的故事。
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