跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第999期

（单词翻译）

While there's a lot that I don't know at my age, what I do know is this: what some people take for granted¹, others are fighting for.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. 对比强调带来的重读：...there's a lot that I DON'T know...what I DO know is this...

2. granted的美音发音可为/ˈɡrænɪd/

言之有物：

1. While there's a lot that I don't know at my age...

虽然在我这个年纪有很多事不明白

*while 尽管/虽然=though/although

While he is respected, he is not liked.

尽管他很受尊重，他并不招人喜欢。

While I admit that there are problems, I don't agree that they cannot be solved.

尽管我承认有问题存在，但我不同意说这些问题不能解决。

But while the people follow him, no one would dare stand up to him until you.

虽然人民支持他，但没人敢跟他正面冲突，只有你。

2. 词链儿：take for granted 认为XX理所应当/想当然

He took me for granted.

他不把我当回事。

The boss takes us for granted, but if we weren't here, this whole company would collapse².

老板总是想当然。要是我们不在，估计公司都塌了。

I came into adult life clueless about a lot of things that most people take for granted .

我已成年，却对许多大部分人认为理所当然的事情一窍不通。

...which you and I take for granted if we gift them a past.

你我视为理所当然的体验，如果我们赐予他们过去。

I want you to know that I do not take that for granted.

我非常感激你的好意（不认为你的好意理所应当）。

活学活用：

请用 take for granted 随意造句

《云上情歌》（Clouds）：基于真实故事，美国男孩扎克·索比赫14岁被诊断患有骨肉瘤(18岁去世)，多次手术和化疗并未遏制癌症发展，在得知自己只剩几个月寿命后，他创作了《云》这首歌，感谢自己身边的人和所经历的一切，乐观面对。