跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第1265期

（单词翻译）

Things will happen to you, things that you cannot control. Raw emotion will find you. When it does, how you deal with it, what you do... will define¹ who you are.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. raw /rɔː $ rɒː/注意：单元音，固定口型不滑动；

2. control 包含易错音组 /əʊl $ oʊl/；

3. find/define 包含易错音组/aɪn/。

言之有物：

1. Things will happen to you. 你会遇到各种事。

词链儿：...happen to XX 发生在XX身上→遭到；遇到

I hope nothing has happened to them.

我希望他们没出事。

It's the best thing that has ever happened to me.

这是我所遇到的最好的事。

What's happened to your car?

你的车出什么毛病了？

2. raw emotion 原始情感

raw 一词多义

① raw adj. 生的，未烹饪的 =uncooked

These fish are often eaten raw.

这些鱼常常生吃。

② raw adj.〔情感〕粗犷的；朴实自然的

英释：raw feelings are strong and natural, but not fully² controlled

songs full of raw emotion

充满原始情感的歌曲

It took raw courage to admit she was wrong.

她承认自己错了需要极大的勇气。

He started with nothing but raw talent and determination.

他起初一无所有，只有天生的才能和决心。

Would you eat a raw hamburger with a raw egg on it?

你会吃有生鸡蛋的生汉堡吗？

You know, perhaps it might be best to explore these difficult and raw emotions through the medium of a poem.

不，或许如此复杂强烈的感情的确用诗歌来表达比较好。

3. how you deal with it 你如何应对

what you do 你做什么

当做一个大的名词，看做一个整体

4. 词链儿：define who you are 定义你是谁

What happened will always be senseless, but it does not have to define who you are forever.

已经发生的一切永远都是毫无意义的，不必永远囿于过去。

回顾【define XX by... 】

★原声例句：These important questions will help you define who you are.

这些重要的问题将帮助你定义你是谁。

★原声例句：Never let others define who you are and what you can achieve.

永远不要让别人定义你是谁、你能取得什么成就。

You can't let your father's mistakes define who you are.

你不能让你父亲的错误定义你。

We've been given a second chance to define who we are.

我们有了第二次机会来定义我们是谁。

活学活用：

请用 define who you are 随意造句

《芬奇》（Finch）：在后世界末日的地球上，一位濒死的发明家打造了一个机器人，来保护他心爱的狗。在这一旅程中，机器人懂得了爱、友谊以及人类生活的意义。