跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第1101期

（单词翻译）

If you don’t go out and experience life firsthand in a fully¹ aware state, you cannot claim you’ve lived your life.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. 单词 ex‧pe‧ri‧ence 包含四个音节

2. claim 辅音连缀 /kl/，之间不要拖出元音来

言之有物：

1. experience life first-hand 亲身体验生活

合成词 first-hand (=firsthand)

→adj. 第一手的

first-hand experience/knowledge/account

亲身体验/直接得来的知识/第一手报道

It's not firsthand information.

那不是第一手资料.

→adv. 第一手地，直接地

I heard her news firsthand.

我直接从她本人那里听到她的消息.

...you'll experience firsthand how people treat us freaks.

你会马上体会到我们怪胎的境遇。

...and you see the victims firsthand in court.

你在法庭上能直接看到受害者。

I know from firsthand experience what it's like to push too hard after a trauma².

我有亲身经历知道受挫后太勉强自己是什么样。

拓展：second-hand³

→adj. 旧的，用过的，二手的；间接地

second-hand clothes 旧衣服

a second-hand car 二手车

...and worked part-time at a secondhand record store.

在二手音像店兼职。

→adv. 间接地；

We got most of our furniture second-hand.

我们大部分家具都是二手货。

She buys all her clothes second-hand.

她买的衣服都是旧的。

2. in a fully aware state 在完全清醒/了解的状态下

→ fully aware 充分意识到；完全意识到

用法①：be fully aware of sth 充分意识到某事

You did not appear fully aware of the importance of this act.

你似乎没有充分意识到这一举动的重要性。

I am fully aware of your problems.

我很清楚你的问题。

用法②：be fully aware that... 充分意识到...

Were you fully aware that something was wrong?

你有没有清楚地意识到已经出了问题？

★原声例句：I am a deserving person, even though I'm not fully aware of my worthiness⁴.

即使我不完全了解自己的价值，我还是一个值得感谢的人。

★原声例句：I believe he was fully aware that he used his time in captivity⁵ to make peace with his fate. 我相信他已经完全意识到，他在囚禁中度过时光，与命运和平相处。

→ in a XX state / in a state of XX 在XX的状态下

Jane was in a terrible state after losing her job.

失业以后，简情况很糟。

She was in a state of shock.

她震惊不已。

Water exists in three states: liquid, gaseous⁶, and solid.

水有三种形态: 液态、气态和固态。

He is in a state of unbridled ecstasy⁷.

他最近鬼迷心窍。

...and left them in a state of peace.

把他们留在了安宁之中。

3. ... you cannot claim you’ve lived your life.

① claim (that) ... 宣称；声称；断言

He claims that he’s an expert.

他自称是专家。

They claimed (that) their city was the best place to live.

他们声称，他们那座城市是最适宜居住的地方。

② you've lived your life 过了你的一生/生活过

live/lead your life

活学活用：

请用 fully aware 随意造句

弗里德里希·尼采 （Friedrich Nietzsche）：德国著名哲学家，西方现代哲学的开创者，语言学家、文化评论家、诗人、作曲家、思想家，他的着作对于宗教、道德、现代文化、哲学、以及科学等领域提出了广泛的批判和讨论。他的写作风格独特，经常使用格言和悖论的技巧。