重點講解:
1. care about
關心;在乎;在意;
eg. I don't care about what happens.
我不在乎發生什么事。
eg. A selfish person does not care about other people's problem.
自私的人是不關心別人的困難的。
2. mess up
搞砸;弄糟;
eg. He got another chance and didn't want to mess up again.
他又獲得一次機會,這次他再也不愿意把事情弄糟了。
eg. It also means that they'll have fewer excuses when they mess up.
這也意味著當他們陷入困境時將有更少的借口。
3. learn from
(從…中)吸取(教訓);
eg. One should learn from past mistakes so as to avoid falling into the same old trap again.
要從過去的錯誤中吸取教訓,以免重蹈覆轍。
eg. We have good lessons to learn from the accident.
事故所引發的教訓,發人深思!
4. do away with
消除;終止;廢除;
eg. The long-range goal must be to do away with nuclear weapons altogether.
遠期目標必須是將核武器盡數銷毀。
eg. I want them to do away with this feudal custom.
我希望他們廢除這一封建陋俗。
5. be divided into
(使)分開;(使)分散;(使)分裂;
eg. The physical benefits of exercise can be divided into three factors.
運動對身體的好處可以分為3個方面。
eg. In biological terminology life is divided into two groups: plants and animals.
在生物學術語中,生物分為兩大類:植物和動物。
6. end up
最終;結果;到頭來;
eg. Wasteful people usually end up in debt.
揮霍浪費者最后往往負債。
eg. People like that might end up losing everything they have.
那樣的人到頭來可能失去他們所有的每一件東西。
背景:
在比爾·蓋茨寫給高中畢業生和大學畢業生的書里,有一個單子上面列有11項學生沒能在學校里學到的事情。比爾·蓋茨在書中談到讓你感覺良好的“政治上正確”的教導培養出一整代不知現實為何物的年輕人,這種教育只能導致他們成為現實世界中的失敗者。