Motherhood is not simply the organic process of giving birth. It's an understanding of the needs of the world.
語音講解:
今日發音練習重點:
-hood中的元音不要發成“戶”,而應該是/ʊ/
句子節奏:It's an understANding of the NEEDS of the WORLD.
言之有物:
1. motherhood noun. 身為人母
sisterhood 姐妹情誼
brotherhood 兄弟情誼
fatherhood 身為人父
boyhood 男孩時代,少年時代
*-hood
后綴-hood 來源于古英語,它一般加在名詞后面(有時也加在形容詞后面),構成抽象名詞。其主要意思是the state or quality of being ~(...的狀態或性質)和the character or status of ~(...的身份或資格)。此外,還可以表示 a group or body of~s (...的集體)與a concrete instance of~(...的實例)。
He often told us his boyhood adventures.
他常常把自己少年時代的奇遇告訴我們。
I didn't know I would handle the whole motherhood thing…
還對為母之道一無所知...
圖片來自《絕望的主婦》
Hey, Knick fan, am I interested in your views on fatherhood?
《尼克隊》迷,我有興趣知道,你對為人父親的想法嗎?
圖片源自《老友記》
2. organic process 有機過程
organic adj. 有機的;生物的; 器官的
3. 詞鏈兒:give birth (to)...
① 生孩子:Angela gave birth to a beautiful baby girl last night.
Angela昨晚生了個漂亮的女孩。
② 使發生/促成:The technological advances gave birth to the Industrial Revolution.
科技發展促成了工業革命。
You're gonna need to give birth to this baby here.
就在這里生孩子。
圖片源自《行尸走肉》
Get married, give birth to two and a half babies.
結婚,生個一兒半女。
圖片源自《第一次》
★原聲例句:Gain some perspective, so that you could come back and give birth to something new that was more aligned with the who you are meant to be now.
獲取一些觀點,然后反過來用于產出符合你當下的新的觀點。
★原聲例句:The writing process also provoked serendipity that would be little happy accidents that would give birth to a new idea.
寫作的過程激發了一些機緣,一些小的可愛的意外,使我促成了新的點子。
The youth of America. We helped give birth to MTV.
美國的年輕人,我們幫助促成了MTV.
圖片源自 《波西米亞狂想曲》
4. an understanding of the needs of the world
need noun. 需求;需要
活學活用:
請用give birth (to)...隨意造句
《TED演講:面對未知與危機,像母親一樣思考 》:面對世界上最緊迫的危機,有一個簡單而有效的方法,Yifat Susskind認為是,像母親一樣思考。正如她所說:“當你像母親一樣思考時,你優先考慮的是多數人的需求,而不是少數人的奇想。”演講中,她分享了世界各地體現這種心態的人的感人故事,并展示了這種心態如何也能幫助你超越痛苦,采取行動,建設一個更美好的世界。
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