【菜鳥博士學習】TG 12.1早讀 |人的功能是生活，而不是生存
12.1早讀 | 人的功能是生活，而不是生存
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今天是Gwen陪你早讀的第?2205?天哦！
? ?聽前想一想：用英語怎么說？
1.?發(fā)揮功能
2.?虛詞/實詞
3. 電腦有毛病。
4. 我勉強維持生計。
12.1 早讀原文
The function of man is to live, not to exist.
今日發(fā)音練習重點：
1. function/?f??k??n/? 單詞內部包含后鼻音（字母c對應/k/的發(fā)音）；/k/不完全爆破
2. function of/? man is/ to(w) exist 注意三處詞間連讀
言之有物
1.?function
① function n. 功能；職能
詞鏈兒：the function of XX is ... ?
XX的功能是...
The function of?the heart?is?to pump blood through the body.
心臟的功能就是把血液輸往全身。
The function of?bones?is?to give rigidity.
骨骼的功能是使身體堅固。
★原聲例句：The function of?mind?is?going to manifest that experience.
大腦的功能將會表現(xiàn)這種體驗。
★原聲例句：The function of?prepositions?is?often to connect words together.
介詞的作用常常是把單詞連在一起。
John, I think I know what their?function?is.
約翰，我想我知道它們的功能了。
圖片源自《機器之心》
The function of?this office?is?purification…
這間辦公室的作用是凈化。
圖片源自《Argo (2012)》
→ ?function word ?功能詞；虛詞（助動詞、冠詞等）
→ ?content word ?實義詞；實詞 （動詞、名詞、形容詞、副詞等）
拓展詞鏈兒：to?fulfil/perform a function 發(fā)揮功能
In your new job, you will?perform avariety of functions.
在新的工作崗位上，你將要履行許多不同的職責。
② function v. ?起作用；運轉；正常工作
The computer?doesn’t?function.
電腦有毛病。
The sofa also?functions?as?a bed.
這沙發(fā)還可當床用。
Ms. Mayhew?can no longer?function?in society.
梅休女士無法再進行正常社交活動。
2.?live & exist?生活&生存?
→ live v. 生活，過日子
We?lived?quite grandly.
我們生活得非常快樂。
→ exist v. 生存；（艱難）存活
I was barely?existing.
我勉強維持生計。
點擊跳轉回顧【live/lead a XX life 過著XX的生活】
We have a choice…To?Live?or To?Exist.
我們可以選擇，生活還是生存。
? ?活學活用
請用?the function of XX...?隨意造句
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《007：無暇赴死》(No Time To Die)：該片講述了隱退的邦德在牙買加過著平靜的生活，直到他的中情局舊友前來尋求幫助，短暫的平靜就此告一段落。他們試圖營救一名被綁架科學家，但這個任務不僅危險度遠超預期，更是將邦德帶上了追蹤配備危險新科技的神秘反派之旅故事。
火車已離站，一切為時已晚
詞匯補充
Vocabulary
請上下滑動查看
Rush?
UK/r??/? US/r??/ (v.)
If you rush somewhere, you go there quickly. 迅速地走
(n.)The rush is a period of time when many people go somewhere or do something. 高峰期
舉個例子：The shop's opening coincided with the Christmas rush.
這家商店的開張正趕上圣誕節(jié)購物高峰。
By the time?
當...的時候= at this/that time=when?
舉個例子：By the time he arrived, she had already left.
當他到達時，她已經(jīng)走了。
Pull away?
When a vehicle or driver pulls away, the vehicle starts moving forward. 開走
Pull way from someone If you pull away from someone that you have had close links with, you deliberately become less close to them. 刻意疏遠
舉個例子：As children grow they usually want to pull away from parents and develop their own personality.
隨著孩子逐漸長大，他們通常想遠離父母，發(fā)展自已的個性。
Underway?
（adj.） If an activity is underway, it has already started. 進行中的
舉個例子：There had been a massive search underway.
目前，正在進行大規(guī)模的調查。
Too..to 太...而不能
舉個例子：It's too late to apologize...
說道歉已太遲 ---one republic’ Apologize’
1. rush to
2. pulling away
3. have missed your train
4. That train has left the station
5. missed an opportunity
6. something you really wanted to do
7. Underway
8. too late to make changes
Wednesday
You tell him, "Thanks. I really have to go!"
你告訴他：“謝謝，我真的得走了！”
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You rush to the station!
你快速趕往車站！
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But by the time you get?there, the train—your train—is pulling away.
但是當你到達車站時，火車——你要乘坐的那趟火車——已經(jīng)開走了。
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And there won't be another one until the next night.
第二天晚上才會有下一趟。
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You have missed your train and your chance to see Prague before returning home!
你錯過了那趟火車，也錯過了回家前游覽布拉格的機會！
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And?that?brings us?to our expression for today.
那就引出了我們今天的表達。
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"That?train has left the station."
It?means you have missed an opportunity.
它是指你錯過了一個機會。
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The chance to do something—something you really wanted?to do—has passed.
做某事（你真正想做的事）的機會已經(jīng)溜走了。
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We say this when a?process is already underway.
當一個過程已經(jīng)在進行時，我們會這樣說。
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The time for discussion is over.
討論的時間結束了。
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It's too late to change your mind.
現(xiàn)在改變主意已經(jīng)太晚了。
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And it's too late to make changes.
現(xiàn)在做出改變已經(jīng)太遲了。
