跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第1035期

（单词翻译）

You can't get so hung up on where you'd rather be that you forget to make the most of where you are.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. hung /ʌŋ/

2. 意群停顿：that前可停顿一次

言之有物：

1. 词链儿：be/get hung up on someone/something

=be obsessed¹ with someone/something

Why are you so hung up on getting everything right?

为何你如此执着于每件事都要正确？

Don't get hung up on the details. Just try to do your best.

不必细抠细节，尽力就好。

John is really hung up on Mary.

John非常迷恋Mary.

People get hung up on details.

人们总爱对细节纠缠不休。

Come on. Don't get hung up on money here.

拜托，别钻钱眼里了行吗？

*注意区分 hang(过去式为hung) up on someone 挂某人电话

He hung up on me! What an asshole!

他挂我电话！他太坏了！

They hung up on me.

他们居然挂了我的电话。

2. where you would rather be 你更愿意去的地方

词链儿：would rather do/be 更愿意做的/成为的

英文释义：would prefer (to do something); would be more inclined² or willing (to do something).

She said she would rather not talk to you right now.

她说她现在不愿与你讲话。

I'd rather live in the north than the south, because I like snow.

我更愿意住在北方，因为我喜欢雪。

3. make the most of where you are 充分利用好你当下的位置

词链儿：make the most of XX 充分利用XX 后跟人或物

You might be a lot happier if you made the most of yourself.

如果你能尽可能多努力，就会更开心。

Mary knows how to make the most of her talents.

Mary知道怎样充分利用自己的才能。

Make the most of it.

好好享受吧。

...who would make the most of it.

她绝不会放弃这个机会的。

4. so...that... 如此...以至于...

The vegetable is quite nutritious³, but it's so pungent⁴ that many people refuse to eat it.

这蔬菜很有营养，但味道太冲，人们不爱吃。

I was waiting so long that I ended up falling asleep.

我等得太久，都睡着了。

活学活用：

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