跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第1098期
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（单词翻译）
You make a million decisions that mean nothing. And then one day, you order takeout, and it changes your life.
语音讲解：
今日发音练习重点：
1. million英美发音略有不同
2. decision最后一个音节为/ʒn/，接近“人”的发音
言之有物：
1. You make a million decisions that mean nothing...
①million 百万
词源：mile（英里）：一千罗马步的距离
milli-：千 / -on：大词后缀
million 字面意思即好多个一千，后由抽象数词过渡到固定数词。表“百万”
billion 十亿；大量
trillion 一万亿；大量；巨额；无数
② 词链儿：make decisions 做决定；决策
He is really bad at making decisions.
他的确不善于决策。
It was a big decision to make.
这是个需要作出的重大决定。
→decision-maker 决策者
Mary is the decision-maker in the house.
家里的事玛丽说了算。
③ 词链儿：mean nothing / not mean anything
毫无意义；算不了什么
Facts and figures mean nothing to you.
事实和数字在你眼中可能什么也不是。
Money means1 nothing to him.
金钱对于他来说毫无价值。
Our values, our identities--they mean nothing to me now.
价值观，身份，现在都变得毫无意义。
A long time ago, it didn't mean anything.
老早以前的，说明不了什么。
...that what happened between us didn't mean anything.
我们之间发生的事毫无意义。
拓展词链儿：mean the world to sb /mean everything to sb
对某人来说意味着一切
He meant the world to her.
他就是她的一切。
In a competitive2 market, price means everything.
在竞争市场上，价格就是一切。
2. order takeout
→takeout n.〔餐馆的〕外卖食品
order takeout 订/点/叫外卖
We ordered some Chinese takeout.
我们点了中餐外卖。
She often orders takeout rather than bother with cooking.
她经常订外卖而不是自己下厨。
Then maybe we can order takeout or something.
然后或许我们可以订个外卖什么的。
图片源自《开心汉堡店》
We…Takeout. Yes！We were just coming to get a little takeout.
我们买外卖，没错，我们正好来买点外卖。
→takeout adj.
takeout food 外卖食品
a takeout restaurant 外卖餐馆
a takeout pizza 一个外卖比萨
...but it turned out it was a takeout menu.
结果是张外卖菜单。
→ British English: takeaway
Let’s have a takeaway tonight.
我们今晚叫外卖吧。
★原声例句：When you order takeout, I advise you to dish out the food on your own dishes.
当你点外卖时，我建议把食物盛到自己的盘子中。
★原声例句：Refuse plastic cutlery and paper napkins3 when you order takeout.
订外卖时，请拒绝塑料餐具和餐巾纸。
拓展词链儿：
① eat/dine out 外出用餐；下馆子〔指在餐厅或别人家吃饭〕
Dining out in attractive4 surroundings5 is one of life’s great pleasures.
外出到环境宜人的地方就餐是人生一大乐事。
② eat/dine in 在家吃饭
eat in or take away 店内吃或外卖；堂食或外带
Let's eat in tonight.
咱们今晚在家吃吧。
3. change one's life 改变XX的生活
It was a chance meeting that would change my life.
那次偶然的会面改变了我的一生。
0405本周一早读回顾：it will change the trajectory6 of your life for the better.
活学活用：
请用mean nothing 随意造句
《西雅图不眠夜》 (Sleepless in Seattle)：该片主要讲述的是一个丧妻的男子久久沉浸在痛苦中，在他的小儿子的帮助下通过全国广播的谈心节目在茫茫人海中找到了自己的新伴侣。
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