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Our lives aren't just measured in years. They're measured in the lives of people we touch around us.
語音講解：
今日發音練習重點：
1. 注意區分lives的發音：
life-lives /aɪ/
live-lives /ɪ/
2. measure中的/ʒ/音與漢語拼音【r】（日）相似
言之有物：
1. Our lives aren't just measured in years...
我們的生命并不僅僅是以年來計算的。
① not just ... 不僅僅...
It's not just a matter of principle.
這不僅僅是個原則問題。
It’s not just me – there are other people involved as well.
不光是我，還有其他人也參加了。
That's not just you, Max; it's me, too.
不光是你，麥克斯，我也一樣。
圖片源自《新飛躍比弗利》
...and I'm not just speaking as his delegate but as his friend.
我說這話，不僅是作為他的代表，也是作為他的朋友說的。
圖片源自《24小時》
② measure的兩種用法：
→measure A in B 以B（為單位）測量A
A ship's speed is measured in knots. 船速以節測量。
We can measure the energy that food provides in calories.
我們可以用卡路里為單位來測定食物提供的能量。
Acceleration is measured in meters per second squared. Mass is measured in kilograms.
加速度的單位是米每秒平方，質量的單位是千克。
圖片源自《耶魯大學開放課程》
→measure A by B 用B衡量A
The policy’s effectiveness cannot be measured by numbers alone.
這項政策的成效不能僅用數字來衡量。
Education shouldn’t be measured purely by examination results.
教育不應該純粹用考試成績來衡量。
★原聲例句：Not surprisingly, the life expectancy of pilots was measured in weeks, not years.
不足為奇，飛行員的預期壽命是以周計算的，而不是以年計算。
★原聲例句：If the success of a doctor is to be measured by how long his patients live, then I'm a failure. 如果用一個病人的壽命來衡量一個醫生是否成功，那我就是一個失敗者。
They hours of folly are measured by the clock, but of wisdom…no clock can measure.
愚蠢有時，智慧無限。
圖片源自《喪心病探》
A good wine's value is measured by its vintage.
好酒的價值在于釀造。
圖片源自《綠箭》
2. ...they're measured in the lives of people we touch around us.
而是由我們周邊接觸的人來丈量的。
the lives of people we touch around us 我們所接觸到的人
→touch v. 用手接觸；聯系；接觸
So I'm going to be strong and never touch you again.
所以我要堅強起來，再不見/聯系/接觸你。
You’ve hardly touched your food (= not eaten it).
你的食物沒怎么動啊。
→touch n. 聯系
詞鏈兒：get/keep/be/stay in touch (with sb) 與XX保持聯系
Let’s keep in touch.
我們保持聯系吧。
Are you still in touch with your friends from college?
你還跟大學里的朋友聯系嗎?
Keep in touch and I'll let you know.
保持聯系，我會通知你。
圖片源自《大西洋帝國》
詞鏈兒：lose touch (with sb/sth) 失去聯系
We lost touch over the years.
我們這些年失去了聯系。
And I won't lose touch with that again.
我不會再忘記了。
圖片源自《唐頓莊園》
This is so hard！Can't I just wait till we go to different colleges and lose touch？
太難了，我看還是等我們念不同的大學，再很自然地失去聯系好了。
圖片源自《開心漢堡店》
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