公开课｜一天一点，口语不难 Day 696 讲解

　　原标题：公开课｜一天一点，口语不难 Day 696 讲解

　　

　　Day 696 公开课音频：进度条00:00 29:52 后退15秒倍速 快进15秒

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　　Day 696 Steve Jobs (Part one)

　　Dennis: Do you know how oldSteve Jobswas when he died?

　　Penny: He was a lotyounger than he looked. I think his cancerreally agedhim. I thinkhe was in his mid-fifties.

　　Dennis: Can you imaginewhat lifewouldbe like ifhe neverexisted?

　　Penny: Well, we probablywouldn't have iPhonesor anything like them.

　　Dennis: His workwas revolutionary. I think it was his ideas about design that was so important.

　　【参考译文】

　　丹尼斯：你知道史蒂夫·乔布斯去世时多大年纪吗?

　　彭妮：他比看起来要年轻得多。我觉得癌症让他特别显老。我想他当时55 岁左右。

　　丹尼斯：你能想象要是他从来没有存在过我们的生活会是什么样子吗？

　　彭妮：嗯，我们可能就不会有苹果手机或其他类似的东西了。

　　丹尼斯：他的作品是革命性的。我想重要的是他的设计理念。

　　【注释】

　　Steve Jobs: (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American business magnate and investor. He was the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and co-founder of Apple Inc.; chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar; a member of The Walt Disney Company's board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar. Jobs is widely recognized as a pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s. 史蒂芬·乔布斯

　　a lot: if someone or something is a lot better, faster, easier etc, they are much better, faster etc = much（与比较级连用）……得多

　　I'm feeling a lot better today. 我今天感觉好多了。

　　(Day 378) Do you find that you eat a lot more fruit and vegetables now? 你发现你现在吃的水果和蔬菜比以前多得多了吗？

　　(Day 606) Once they reached middle age, they became a lot less uptight. 他们一到了中年，就变得远远没那么紧张易怒了。

　　cancer n. [ ?k?nts?] [U & C] a very serious disease in which cells in one part of the body start to grow in a way that is not normal 癌症

　　Smoking causes lung cancer. 吸烟会导致肺癌。

　　A lot of cancers can now be treated successfully. 很多种癌症都可以成功地治疗。

　　age v. [ e?d?] cause sb. to become old 使某人变老

　　Worry agedhim rapidly. 忧虑使他老得很快。

　　I found her greatly aged. 我发现她老得多了。

　　mid-or midprefix. [ m?d] the middle of a period of time 在某个时间段中间

　　in mid-September 在九月中旬

　　during the mid-1950s 在20 世纪50 年代中期

　　(Day 307) That'll be pretty heavy for a mid-day meal, don't you think? 这样对于午饭来说太不好消化了吧，你不觉得吗？

　　(Day 356) I messed up my midtermexam so badly today! 今天我的期中考试考砸了！

　　imaginev. [ ??m?d??n] to form a picture or idea in your mind about what something could be like 想象

　　Imagine life without hot water. 想象一下没有热水的生活。

　　imagine what/ how/ whyetc 想象……什么样、如何、为何等等

　　Can you imagine what it would be like to live without electricity? 你能想象出生活中没有电会是一幅什么样的情景吗？

　　(Day 477) Imaginehowmuch pressure there would be to win for your country! 想一想为了你们的国家取胜会有多大的压力！

　　“if”型的虚拟语气

　　1、与现在事实相反

　　If + S. + did/ were, S. + would/ should/ could/ might+ do

　　2、与过去事实相反

　　If + S. + had done, S. + would/ should/ could/ might+ have done

　　3、与未来趋势相反

　　If + S.+ should do, S.+ would/ should/ could/ might+ do

　　If + S.+ did/ were to do, S.+ would/ should/ could/ might+ do

　　(Day 648) But you couldmeasure it in light years if you wanted to, right? 但是如果你想的话，还是能够用光年测量的，对吗？

　　(Day 276) If you hadn'tencouraged me to do my best, I wouldn't haveever been able to pass. 如果当初不是你鼓励我要全力以赴，我绝对及不了格。

　　(Day 686) Wouldit be alright if I brought a few friends? 我带几个朋友来行吗？

　　workn. [ w??k] [U] something that you produce as a result of doing your job or doing an activity 作品，成果

　　He was very proud of his work. 他为自己的作品感到自豪。

　　Is this all your own work? 这个作品是你独自做的吗？

　　revolutionaryadj. [ ?rev??lu?? ? neri ] completely new and having a great effect 革命性的

　　a revolutionarydiscovery 革命性的发现

　　The new cancer drug is a revolutionarybreakthrough. 新的抗癌药物是一项革命性的突破。

　　知识点拓展

　　revolution n. [?rev??lu?? ? n ] [C] complete or drastic change of method, conditions, etc （方法、情况等的）彻底改变，重大变革

　　a revolutionin the treatment of cancer 在癌症治疗上的重大突破

　　Credit cards have brought about a revolutionin people's spending habits. 信用卡的使用给人们的消费习惯带来巨大改变。

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