Your most valuable commodity isn't your money. It's your time. You can always make more money. But you can't make more time. And time gone by is gone forever.
語音講解:
今日發音練習重點:
言之有物:
1. 詞鏈兒:Your most valuable commodity is...
人最寶貴的是......
→詞鏈兒:most valuable...
最有價值的/最重要的/最貴重的......
The most valuable asset everybody has, is time.
每個人都擁有的最有價值的資產就是時間。
→詞匯:commodity n. 商品;有用的東西;有使用價值的事物
It's a buyable, sellable, and tradable commodity.
它是一種可買、可賣、可交易的商品。
Time is a precious commodity.
時間是寶貴的財富。
2. 詞鏈兒:make money/time
賺錢;獲利/掙得時間
3. 詞鏈兒:time gone by
=time that is gone by
逝去的時間
→XX (that is) gone by
逝去的XX
拓展詞鏈兒:in years gone by
在過去的年歲里
In years gone by, people were phobic about getting on trains. They weren't used to it.
在過去,人們對坐火車心懷懼怕。他們對此還不習慣。
→go by(時間)流逝;過去
Things will get easier as time goes by.
隨著時間的推移情況會有所改善。
My grandmother was becoming more and more sad and frail as the years went by.
隨著歲月的流逝,我的祖母變得越來越傷感和虛弱。
Drink with me, to days gone by!
與我舉杯,敬過往歲月!
影視片段《悲慘世界 Les Misérables》
Sometimes, years go by between seeings.
有時候,不知不覺時光流逝于轉眼間。
影視片段《飛屋環游記》
4. 詞鏈兒:be gone forever
永遠消失;一去不復返
This is a memory that's gonna be gone forever.
這一段回憶會永遠消失了。
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