重點講解:
1. a diet of sth.
大量;
eg. Children today are brought up on a diet of television cartoons and soap operas.
如今的孩子是看電視上的動畫片和肥皂劇長大的。
eg. The radio had fed him a diet of pop songs.
他從廣播里聽到的都是千篇一律的流行歌曲。
2. be abosorbed in
極感興趣的;專心的;全神貫注的;
eg. They were completely absorbed in each other.
兩人彼此傾心。
eg. I get so absorbed in doing something that I am unaware of things happening round me.
我做事太過專心以致于對周圍發生的事情絲毫未察覺。
3. manifest oneself in
使表現出來;使顯露出來;
eg. The virus needs two weeks to manifest itself.
這種病毒潛伏兩周時間才會發作。
eg. Their frustration and anger will manifest itself in crying and screaming.
他們用哭泣與尖叫表達自己的沮喪和憤怒。
4. response to
回復;回答;回應
eg. There has been no response to his remarks from the government.
政府尚未對他的言論作出回應。
eg. Your positive response will reinforce her actions.
你積極的回應會使她的行為更加堅定。
背景資料:
詹姆斯·卡梅隆無疑是一位成功的導演,他大膽的嘗試和對夢想的堅持讓他的電影備受矚目。本篇是詹姆斯·卡梅隆在2010年的TED大會(TED是Technology, Entertainment, Design的縮寫,這個會議的宗旨是“用思想的力量來改變世界”)做的演講。詹姆斯·卡梅隆以自述的方式從回憶自己的童年愛好開始,一直追溯到自己從電影學院畢業后走上導演道路的人生經歷。在演講最后卡梅隆告訴人們:“失敗是一個選項,但畏懼不是。”
名人經典:
So, that's the thought I would leave you with, is that in whatever you're doing, failure is an option, but fear is not.
所以,這是我想給你的想法,不管你做什么,失敗是一個選項,但畏懼不是。