You know what's really unattractive? Waiting around for something to happen. Staring out a window, thinking the life you should be living is out there somewhere, but not being willing to open the door and go get it.
語音講解:
今日發音練習重點:
言之有物:
1. 詞匯:
attract v. 吸引
attraction n. 吸引力
attractive adj. 有吸引力的
unattractive adj. 無吸引力的
2. 詞鏈兒:wait around for... to happen
坐等天上掉餡餅
干等著......發生
→wait around
無所事事地等待;空等
We can't just wait around for a miracle to happen. We need to take action.
我們不能只是干等著奇跡發生。我們需要采取行動。
I know I definitely am the kind of girl who doesn't wait around for things to happen.
我知道自己肯定是那種不會坐以待斃等待事情發生的女孩。
影視片段《歌舞青春》
So we just sit and stare at the screen, waiting for something to happen?
所以我們就坐在這盯著屏幕,然后干等嗎?
影視片段《生活大爆炸》
3. 詞鏈兒:...out there somewhere
......在某個地方
His cattle are out there somewhere.
他的牛群就在不遠處。
4. 詞鏈兒:be willing to do...
愿意/樂意做......
How much are they willing to pay?
他們愿意付多少錢?
活學活用:
請用 wait around for... to happen 隨意造句
在20世紀50年代,25歲的紐約客米琪·麥瑟爾(蕾切爾·布羅斯納安飾)是個精明、陽光、充滿活力、可愛的猶太女子,她曾經對自己的生活作出如下安排:上大學、結婚、生兩三個孩子,然后在優雅的曼哈頓公寓中提供贖罪日晚餐。然而某天她的丈夫喬伊(邁克爾·澤根飾)突然離開了她,毫無預警的她需要盡快想出她的新出路;對其他人來說,由家庭主婦變成上單口秀,顯然是個驚人的選擇,但對米琪而言卻并非如此。
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