每日一句口语 3310

 

We were all meant to shine¹, as² children do. It's not just in some of us – it's in everyone.

我们都希望像孩子一样阳光。这不只是我们这些人的心愿，而是每个人的心愿。

 

【知识点讲解】

meant v.意味; 打算(mean的过去式和过去分词); 表示…的意思

例句：

I think we're talking at cross purposes³; that's not what I meant at all.

我想我们是说到两下里去了，我根本不是那个意思。

1 shine   

vi.发光；照耀，闪耀

参考例句：

• The stars shine in the sky.星星在天空闪烁.
• The sun is shinning brightly.今天阳光格外明媚。

2 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

3 purposes   

n.意志( purpose的名词复数 )；目的；作用；（进行中的）行动

参考例句：

• I think we're talking at cross purposes; that's not what I meant at all. 我想我们是说到两下里去了，我根本不是那个意思。
• They took a plaster cast of the teeth for identification purposes. 他们做了这副牙的石膏模型作鉴别之用。