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1. You were born with a special talent. It may be to sing, write, teach, paint, mentor, preach, defend or befriend.
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【翻译】你生而有自己的特殊天赋。你的特长可能是唱歌,写作,教书,绘画,劝导,步道,辩护或交友。
【解说】你的特殊天赋是什么呢?mentor 指导;preach 说教;讲道defend 维护;为…辩护;befriend 帮助;待人如友
2. Excuse me, I object. You propose a guessing game yet you don't give me enough time to guess.
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【翻译】抱歉,我反对。你提出的是一个猜谜游戏,可是你一点猜的时间都不给我。
【解说】今天的句子选自《生活大爆炸》(The Big Bang Theory)米有神马难词,大家可以尽情模仿谢耳朵的语调。
3. The hope has been that you'd eventually bend to public opinion.
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【翻译】她的本意其实是,你最终能变得正常一点。
【解说】今天的句子选自《生活大爆炸》(The Big Bang Theory) 莱纳德在说谢耳朵呢,eventually adv. 终于,最终,最后;bend to 屈从于
4. Many of us have plenty of leisure time to devote to trying out the latest Wii game or even watching others play poker on TV.
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【翻译】很多人闲来无事都会在电视机上玩玩新出的Wii游戏,闲到看人家玩扑克的也有。
【解说】今天的句子选自【科学60秒】系列,devote to 将……奉献给;把……专用于;try out 试验;提炼;考验
5. You should recognize and then try to minimize the impact of your limitations.
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【原句】你应该意识到自己的不足之处并尽力将其不利影响限制在最小程度。
【解说】这句话不错的说~大家有意识到自己的不足之处吗?minimize 最小化;limitation限制;限度,筒子们加油!
6. Leftover women, this has been a much talked, and often controversial phrase in China in the past few years. It generally refers to single women above the age of 27.
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【翻译】在过去这些年里,剩女这个词一直受到热议和争论。它一般是指27岁以上的单身女性。
【解说】今天的句子来自CRI,内容是大家关注的剩女话题。leftover women: 剩女;controversial: 争论的, 被议论的, 论争的
7. Some buyers look at a celebrity’s former possession as an investment. Because they know somebody else will pay even more for it eventually.
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【翻译】有些买家将名人拥有的物品看做一项投资商品,因为他们知道始终会有其他人愿意出更高的价钱买下它。
【解说】celebrity: 名声;名人;possession: 拥有;所有物;占有; 财产;eventually: 最后;终于;你是否会花大价钱去买一件普通东西呢?只因为它是名人用过的。