跟著Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第529期
You've got to identify the best, worthiest thing that you love most, and then build your house right on top of it.
語音講解
今日發音練習重點:
1. worthiest happiest busy pretty
2. 虛詞弱讀:you've/to/the/that you/and then/your/on/of it
言之有物
1. 詞鏈兒:you've got to XX 你一定要XX
You've got to be kidding me!
你一定是開玩笑!
You've got to go, whether you want to or not.
你去也得去,不去也得去。
2. right adv.
正好 =exactly
The bus came right on time.
公共汽車正好準時到達。
I'm right behind you on this one (= I am supporting you) .
在這件事情上,我完全支援你。
Right here Waiting
立即 immediately
I'll be right back.
我馬上就回來。
I'll be right with you (= I am coming very soon) .
我這就過來。
拓展 very作為形容詞: very+noun. =exact
Everybody says he is the very man for the case...
每個人都說他是接手這個案子的最佳人選。
詞鏈兒:before/in front of sb's (very) eyes
當著某人的面/ 就在某人的眼皮底下
He had seen his life's work destroyed before his very eyes.
他曾看到他畢生的勞動成果就在自己的眼前毀於一旦。
3. on top of XX 在XX的上面
拓展:on top of that 除此之外/更重要的是
He lost his job and on top of that his wife left him.
他失業了,而且他的妻子也離開了他。
He gave me a meal and, on top of that, money for my journey.
他給我吃了一頓,除此之外,還給了我路費。
拓展 off the top of my head 未經深思熟慮、不能確定
I can't tell you the figures off the top of my head. I'll have to check it up.
我無法馬上告訴你具體數字,我還得查一下。
活學活用
請用 on top of it 隨意造句
《TED演講:如何面對生活中的起起落落》(How to face the ups and downs in life)的演講者Elizabeth Gilbert 曾連續6年收到拒信,但後來寫出了世界級暢銷書《美食、祈禱和戀愛》,還被改編為同名電影。Elizabeth Gilbert在享受了成功帶來的喜悅後,很快就迷失了方向,甚至一度喪失了創作能力。後來她從以前的經歷中找到了答案.只有你做足了充足的準備,成功才會降臨.