跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第1103期

（单词翻译）

Love is our true destiny¹. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone. We find it with another.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. true /tr/辅音连缀

2. alone 包含易错音组 /əˈləʊn $ əˈloʊn/

3. meaning 两个音节，前紧后松 /ˈmiːnɪŋ/

言之有物：

1. Love is our true destiny. 爱是我们真正的宿命。

词链儿：XX is one's true destiny 命中注定... /...是XX真正的宿命

Freedom is my true destiny.

自由是我真正的宿命。

Maybe this is my true destiny.

也许这是我真正的宿命。

Perhaps you've only just discovered your true destiny.

也许你只是发现了自己真正的宿命。

My true destiny is to be a coach.

我真正的使命是当一名教练。

词链儿：be in control of your own destiny/be master of one's own destiny

掌握/ 主宰自己的命运

=control/determine/take charge of one's own destiny

She set up her own business because she wanted to be in control of her own destiny.

她建立了自己的公司，因为她要掌握自己的命运。

People want to control/determine/take charge of their own destinies³.

人们想要掌控自己的命运。

词链儿：a sense of destiny 宿命感

He was driven on by a strong sense of destiny.

他被一种强烈的宿命感所驱使。

2. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone.

我们不应独自寻找生命的意义。

词链儿① find the meaning of XX 找到XX的意义

meaning n.（人生的）意义、价值、目标

You will find the meaning of true love.

你将会发现真爱的意义。

...trying to find the meaning of life.

...试图找到生命的意义。

★原声例句：And the movie is really about her trying to find the meaning of love and the meaning of relationships. 这确实是一部关于她试图寻找爱情的意义的电影。

★原声例句：...and to find the meaning of their own existence and lives.

... 找到他们自己存在和生命的意义。

拓展词链儿：lose meaning; not/no longer have any meaning

毫无意义/价值

Her work no longer had any meaning for her.

她的工作对她来说不再有任何意义了。

Her life seemed to have lost all meaning.

她的生活似乎已毫无价值。

that the world “ancient” will lose all its meaning when your entire existence is one long today.

如果你的生命停留在今天“古老”这个词将毫无意义。

词链儿② do sth by oneself alone 独自做...

alone adv. 独自

I can't sustain⁴ this life by myself alone.

我无法独自承受这样的生活。

I don't want you to go there by yourself alone.

我不想要你单独去那里。

*词汇辨析：alone & lone² & lonely

→alone 和不太正式、常用于英语口语的 on your own、by yourself 均指独自，但无“孤独”之意：

I like being alone in the house.

我喜欢独自一人待在家里。

→lone、solitary⁵、single 意为单独；

lone 和 solitary 有时可能暗示说话者认为谈及的人孤单

a lone jogger in the park

在公园里独自慢跑的一个人

→lonely （美式英语亦作 lonesome）意为孤寂；还可描述使人感到孤寂的地方或活动

a lonely child

孤寂的孩子

a lonely house

一座冷清的房子

3. We find it with another. 我们要同他人一同找寻。

another 为代词，表“另一个”、“别的”、“不同的（人或事物）”

Helen resigned from her last job and has yet to find another.

海伦辞去了上一份工作，还没有找到新工作。

I don't like this room. I'm going to ask for another.

我不喜欢这个房间。我打算另要一间。

活学活用：

请用find the meaning of XX 随意造句

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