跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第743期
Gifts don't make you better, just different. It's how you use them that counts.
語音講解
今日發音練習重點:
gifts/counts 尾部發連綴輔音/ts/。類似漢語中“次”的聲母音。
言之有物
1. gifts 天賦
gift 禮物/天賦
gifted adj. 有天賦的
You are goddamn gifted. 你簡直太有天賦了!
辨析 talent gift genius
都有天才之意。
genius天才,是這三詞中程度最高的詞。如:
Shakespeare was a man of great genius.
gift天賦,比“天才”的意義要弱一點,可用複數。如:
He is a man of many gifts.(他多才多藝。)
talent才能,一般不用複數,指通過學習和勤奮掌握的本領、技術和其他的活動能力。如:
As a novelist, he shows great talent in characterization.(作爲小說家,他在描寫人物方面顯出很大的才能。)
2. It's how you use them that counts. 怎樣使用(這些天賦)才重要。
count verb. 算/重要
It's how you XX that counts. XX纔算/重要的是...。
It is not how much you read but what you read that counts.
讀多少書不重要,重要的是讀的都是些什麼書。
count / matter 重要
拓展詞鏈兒:
It's the thought that counts. 心意更重要/禮輕情意重。
It was an awful idea. But I suppose it's the thought that counts. 主意很餿,但也是一番好意。
活學活用
請用 It's how XX that counts. 隨意造句
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