重點講解:
1. be reluctant to do sth.
勉強的;不情愿的做某事;
eg. Mr Spero was reluctant to ask for help.
斯佩羅先生不愿意尋求幫助。
eg. The police are very reluctant to get involved in this sort of thing.
警方很不愿意卷入這類事情。
2. hunt down
追捕到,窮追直至找到(罪犯、敵人等);
eg. Last December they hunted down and killed one of the gangsters.
去年12月他們追捕到其中一名匪徒并將其擊斃。
eg. It took her four months to hunt him down.
她花了4個月才把他找出來。
3. no matter+疑問詞
常用結構,表示不管…;無論…;
eg. No matter how often they were urged, they could not bring themselves to join in.
就算別人說破了嘴皮,他們就是不加入。
eg. Jenkins would reward all investors, no matter when they made their investment.
無論投資人何時投資,詹金斯都會讓他們得到回報。
背景資料:
本篇是安德森·庫珀于2006年5月21日在耶魯大學畢業(yè)典禮上的演講。庫珀講述了他在美國廣播公司求職未果、之后為了實現(xiàn)夢想獨自潛入索馬里、波斯尼亞和盧旺達等地從事戰(zhàn)地新聞報道的經歷,勉勵畢業(yè)生們要傾聽內心的呼聲、創(chuàng)造機會改變境遇,譜寫美好的人生篇章。
名人經典:
But it actually was the best thing that ever happened to me. I decided that if no one would give me a chance, I'd have to take a chance, and if no one would give me an opportunity, I would have to create my own opportunity.
但這次失敗卻成了我人生中最有價值的經歷。我下定決心,如果沒人給我機會,我就自己尋找機會,如果沒人給我機會,我就自己創(chuàng)造機會。