跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第1076期

（单词翻译）

It's a day to recognize female achievement and a call to action, encouraging everyone to stand up for women's rights and gender¹ equality.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. recognize中/g/音不完全爆破

2. gender(r) equality 连音/r/

言之有物：

1. recognize female achievement

承认女性成就

2. 词链儿：a call to action 行动呼吁

call noun. 需求/要求

=a demand /request/ order for something to happen

call verb. 召集/举行

词链儿：call an election/meeting/strike 举行选举、会议、罢工

The call to action tells them exactly what we want them to do.

用行为号召来明确地告诉他们我们希望他们做什么。

We need a call to action.

我们需要行动号召。

Thank God. Let's call a meeting of the association.

谢天谢地，那我们就开个委员会。

-Call a strike.

-In the middle of tourist season？

-让他们罢工。

-在旅游季节罢工？

3. 词链儿：stand up for 支持；捍卫；维护

It’s time we stood up for our rights.

是时候捍卫我们的权力了。

Silvia is capable of standing² up for herself.

Silvia有能力捍卫自己。

★原声例句：If your amazing talented friends are putting themselves down, be a good friend and stand up for them.

如果你的好朋友妄自菲薄，你要给予他们支持鼓励。

★原声例句：When people bully³ you, you stand up for yourself and they usually stop.

当有人欺负你时，你捍卫自己的权利，通常他们会停下。

Yeah, well, who's gonna stand up for me?

那谁帮我出头？

...actually stand up for what you believe in？

...真正为你的信仰挺身而出。

...is to stand up for what you believe.

...就是拥护你自己的信仰。

4. women's rights 女性权力

5. gender equality 性别平等

活学活用：

请用stand up for 随意造句

国际妇女节（International Women's Day）：在每年的3月8日为庆祝妇女在经济、政治和社会等领域作出的重要贡献和取得的巨大成就而设立的节日。