跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第246期

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语音讲解

单词发音

theater n.电影院，戏院，剧场；戏剧；手术室

instincts n.(生物)本能

courage n.勇气；胆量

连词发音

what a life in

trust one's instincts

轻读重读

重读：taught/trust/instinct/takes courage

弱读：the/has/to/and

词汇讲解

1.instinct noun.

释义：a natural tendency to behave in a particular way or a natural ability to know something, which is not learned →同义词 intuition 直觉

例句：Animals have a natural instinct for survival.

killer¹ instinct

本义为杀手的直觉

请看killer instinct在电影《疯狂动物城》中的应用：

...and that killer instinct is still in our DNA².

后引申为强烈的求胜欲望。

英文释义：a very strong desire to succeed in a situation or activity etc that is very competitive

He quit the sport when he realised he didn't have the killer instinct.

当意识到自己缺乏好胜心后他放弃了运动员生涯。

Nobody gets to the top of Goldman Sachs without ambition, brain-power and a killer instinct.

没有野心、才智和杀手本能的人，是做不到高盛的最高层的。

2.take courage expression.

释义：需要勇气

例句：It takes courage to say what you think

说出真实想法是需要勇气的。

活学活用

take courage

英文：It takes courage to do what she did.

中文：要做她做过的事得需要勇气。

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