12.1早读 | 人的功能是生活，而不是生存

陪你早读的 TeacherGwen 2021-12-01 

今天是Gwen陪你早读的第 2205 天哦！

   听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 发挥功能

2. 虚词/实词

3. 电脑有毛病。

4. 我勉强维持生计。

12.1 早读原文

The function of man is to live, not to exist.

今日发音练习重点：

1. function/ˈfʌŋkʃən/  单词内部包含后鼻音（字母c对应/k/的发音）；/k/不完全爆破

2. function of/  man is/ to(w) exist 注意三处词间连读

言之有物

1. function

① function n. 功能；职能

词链儿：the function of XX is ...  

XX的功能是...

The function of the heart is to pump blood through the body.

心脏的功能就是把血液输往全身。

The function of bones is to give rigidity.

骨骼的功能是使身体坚固。

★原声例句：The function of mind is going to manifest that experience.

大脑的功能将会表现这种体验。

★原声例句：The function of prepositions is often to connect words together.

介词的作用常常是把单词连在一起。

John, I think I know what their function is.

约翰，我想我知道它们的功能了。

图片源自《机器之心》

The function of this office is purification…

这间办公室的作用是净化。

图片源自《Argo (2012)》

→ ˈfunction word  功能词；虚词（助动词、冠词等）

→ ˈcontent word  实义词；实词 （动词、名词、形容词、副词等）

拓展词链儿：to fulfil/perform a function 发挥功能

In your new job, you will perform avariety of functions.

在新的工作岗位上，你将要履行许多不同的职责。

② function v.  起作用；运转；正常工作

The computer doesn’t function.

电脑有毛病。

The sofa also functions as a bed.

这沙发还可当床用。

Ms. Mayhew can no longer function in society.

梅休女士无法再进行正常社交活动。

2. live & exist 生活&生存 

→ live v. 生活，过日子

We lived quite grandly.

我们生活得非常快乐。

→ exist v. 生存；（艰难）存活

I was barely existing.

我勉强维持生计。

点击跳转回顾【live/lead a XX life 过着XX的生活】

We have a choice…To Live or To Exist.

我们可以选择，生活还是生存。

   活学活用

请用 the function of XX... 随意造句

 

《007：无暇赴死》(No Time To Die)：该片讲述了隐退的邦德在牙买加过着平静的生活，直到他的中情局旧友前来寻求帮助，短暂的平静就此告一段落。他们试图营救一名被绑架科学家，但这个任务不仅危险度远超预期，更是将邦德带上了追踪配备危险新科技的神秘反派之旅故事。

火车已离站，一切为时已晚

词汇补充

Vocabulary

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Rush 

UK/rʌʃ/  US/rʌʃ/ (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

举个例子：The shop's opening coincided with the Christmas rush.

这家商店的开张正赶上圣诞节购物高峰。

By the time 

当...的时候= at this/that time=when 

举个例子：By the time he arrived, she had already left.

当他到达时，她已经走了。

Pull away 

When a vehicle or driver pulls away, the vehicle starts moving forward. 开走

Pull way from someone If you pull away from someone that you have had close links with, you deliberately become less close to them. 刻意疏远

举个例子：As children grow they usually want to pull away from parents and develop their own personality.

随着孩子逐渐长大，他们通常想远离父母，发展自已的个性。

Underway 

（adj.） If an activity is underway, it has already started. 进行中的

举个例子：There had been a massive search underway.

目前，正在进行大规模的调查。

Too..to 太...而不能

举个例子：It's too late to apologize...

说道歉已太迟 ---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!"

你告诉他：“谢谢，我真的得走了！”

 

You rush to the station!

你快速赶往车站！

 

But by the time you get there, the train—your train—is pulling away.

但是当你到达车站时，火车——你要乘坐的那趟火车——已经开走了。

 

And there won't be another one until the next night.

第二天晚上才会有下一趟。

 

You have missed your train and your chance to see Prague before returning home!

你错过了那趟火车，也错过了回家前游览布拉格的机会！

 

And that brings us to our expression for today.

那就引出了我们今天的表达。

 

"That train has left the station."

It means you have missed an opportunity.

它是指你错过了一个机会。

 

The chance to do something—something you really wanted to do—has passed.

做某事（你真正想做的事）的机会已经溜走了。

 

We say this when a process is already underway.

当一个过程已经在进行时，我们会这样说。

 

The time for discussion is over.

讨论的时间结束了。

 

It's too late to change your mind.

现在改变主意已经太晚了。

 

And it's too late to make changes.

现在做出改变已经太迟了。