跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第760期

The easy days ahead of you will be easy. It is the hard days, the days that challenge you to your very core, that will determine who you are.

語音講解

今日發音練習重點：

1. easy 兩個元音發音方式相同，發音時長前長後短
2. ahead

言之有物

1. 詞鏈兒：the days ahead of you 你往後的日子

類比：

the road ahead of you 你後面的路

the future ahead of you 你的未來

the problems ahead of you 你將遇到的問題

the person ahead of you 你前面的人

We have a very busy day ahead of us today. 我們今天會非常忙。

They were right ahead of us. 他們在我們前面。

I'm a few years ahead of you. 我比你年長几歲。

You've got your whole life ahead of you! 你還有大好時光呢（你要珍惜生命）！

2. challenge you to your very core 挑戰你的內核→直擊你的本質

詞鏈兒：challenge XX to one's (very) core

拓展：rock XX to one's (very) core 震撼某人

The dramatic ending to the film rocked him to his core. 電影戲劇性的結局徹底震撼了他。

They have rocked me to my core. 他們徹底震撼了我。

It sickens me to my very core. 它令我厭惡至極。

詞鏈兒：be adj. to the core 徹底 /十足XX

What I heard and saw from this video makes me sick to my very core.

視頻中所呈現的種種，令我厭惡至極。

This organization is rotten to the core.

這家機構已經腐敗透頂了。

3. determine who you are 決定你是誰

還可以說：define who you are

活學活用

請用 to the core 隨意造句

《臉書首席運營官桑德伯格畢業演講：你要有扛過一切悲傷的能力 》（Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, graduation speech: you should have the ability to bear all the sorrows）：這是桑德伯格2016年在伯克利大學的畢業演講詞，她告訴我們：最終塑造我們的，是我們所經歷的那些艱難時光，而非浮名虛利。我們所經歷的每一次挫折，都會在靈魂深處種下堅韌的種子。我們記憶深處的每一次苦難，都會在日後成爲支撐我們走下去的力量。

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