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音标符号来自权威词典| Longman Dictionary
今日发音练习重点：
1. truest 包含两个音节 /truːɪst/
2. trues thing /s/+/θ/
3. is that /z/+/ð/
言之有物
1. 词链儿：The XX thing is that…
The funny thing is…好笑的是…
The weird thing is… 奇怪的是…
问题是…
The thing is…
The point is…
The thing is, the boat is actually sinking. 事实上，这艘船就要沉了！
截图来自《海盗电台》
The thing is my kitchen is kind of small. 问题是，我的厨房有点小。
截图来自《老爸老妈浪漫史 》
2. paradox 反论，悖论; 似非而是的论点; 自相矛盾的人或事
悖论就是相互矛盾的结论
He was a paradox─a loner who loved to chat to strangers.
他真是个矛盾人物，生性孤僻却又喜欢和陌生人闲聊。
paradox [para( =beside, apart from) + dox( =opinion)脱离关于某事物的一般观点] →悖论
Although an apparent paradox, when lighting is reduced in factories, productivity increases.
虽然这看上去很矛盾，不过在工厂减少照明时，生产率却提高了。
paraphrase [para( =beside) +phras( =say)向旁边说]→ 解释，意译、转
述
I’m paraphrasing but this is honestly what he said.
我是在转述，但这的确是他说的意思。
paradoxical /ˌpærəˈdɒksɪkəl◂ $ -ˈdɑːk-/ adjective 悖论的；矛盾的；似是而非的
Paradoxically, the less she ate, the fatter she got.
很矛盾的是，她吃得越少，就变得越胖。
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请用 paradox 随意造句
12条人生经验（中英文）
The first and truest thing is that all truth is a paradox.
第一个也是最真实的事情就是所有真相都是有对立面的。
Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
如果你把插头拔掉几分钟，几乎所有事情都能恢复运转，包括你。
There is almost nothing outside of you that will help in any kind of lasting way.
似乎不存在什么外在的力量可以长久地帮助你自己。
Everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy andscared, even the people who seem to have it most together. They are much morelike you than you would believe, so try not to compare your insides to otherpeople’s outsides.
每个人都是糟糕的、破碎的、依赖的、胆小的，甚至有人同时拥有这些负面情绪。要相信他们其实和你差不多，所以不要拿自己的内在与别人的外在比较。
Chocolate with 75 percent cacao is notactually a food.
可可含量75%的巧克力不可以称作是食物。
Every writer you know writes reallyterrible first drafts, but they keep their butt in the chair. That’s the secretof life. That’s the secret of life. That’s probably the main difference betweenyou and them. They just do it.
你认识的每一个作家，初稿写得都很糟糕，但是他们会坚持坐在椅子上写，这是生活的秘密。这也许就是你们之间的主要区别。他们想做就去做了。
Publication and temporary creativesuccesses are something you have to recover from. They kill as many people asnot.
你必须从出版发行和短暂创造出的成就中恢复过来。这些名利杀死了迷失其中的人。
Families are hard, hard, hard, no matter how cherished and astonishing they may also be. Again, see number one.
无论家人有多么珍贵和精彩，家庭生活都是难难难。
9、Food 食物。
Try to do a little better. I think you know what I mean.
试着做得更好一些。你们懂的。
10、Grace 恩泽。
Grace is spiritual WD-40, or waterwings.
恩泽是精神上的WD-40（金属制品的万能保养剂），或者是游泳圈。
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God just means goodness.
上帝就是善良。
12、Death 死亡。
Wow and yikes. It’s so hard to bearwhen the few people you cannot live without die. You’ll never get over theselosses, and no matter what the culture says, you’re not supposed to. WeChristians like to think of death as a major change of address, but in anycase, the person will live again fully in your heart if you don’t seal it off.
有时候至亲的死亡真的难以承受，你永远无法从悲痛中平复，无论老话怎么说，你不该如此。基督徒喜欢将死亡想象成只是更换了住址，但无论如何，如果你不把心门封锁，这个人就还将活在你的心中。
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今日早读背景乐：
《十二个最宝贵的人生经验》（Twelve Most Valuable Life Experiences）这是美国61岁的著名作家AnneLamott回顾过往，总结的12个最重要的人生经验，所做的TED演讲。
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