每日听写 · 2024-05-07

We want you to rehearse in front of people you don't know.

本题难度较低

• 语言上
• want sb to do sth 想要某人做某事
  e.g. His parents want him to be a doctor. 他的父母想让他成为一名医生。
• rehearse v. 排练;预演
  e.g. The actors are rehearsing the new play . 演员们正在排练新剧。
• you don't know 是一个定语从句，来修饰前面的people，省略了that/which。
• 发音上
  We want you to rehearse in front of people you don't know.
  in front of 的连读主要是弹舌音。
  译文
  我们想让你在你不认识的人面前排练。

And I never used to be able to just talk to girls in bars but I got like 20 phone numbers last night.

本题难度适中

• 语言上
• never used to do sth 过去从不做某事，used to do 过去常常做
  e.g. I never used to drink coffee, but now I have it every day. 我过去从不喝咖啡，但现在每天都要喝。
• like adv. 大约，差不多，通常表达一种估计或近似的意思
  e.g. There were like 200 people at the party. 派对上大约有200人。
• 发音上
  And I never used to be able to just talk to girls in bars but I got like 20 phone numbers last night.
  节奏很正常，没有太多难点。
  译文
  而且我过去从来不敢在酒吧里跟女孩子说话，但是昨晚我居然要到了大约20个电话号码。

Dreams involving dangerous and threatening situations are very common, and the primitive instinct rehearsal theory holds that the content of a dream is significant to its purpose.

【句子分析】
Dreams involving dangerous and threatening situations are very common, and the primitive instinct rehearsal theory holds that the content of a dream is significant to its purpose.

• 下划线：连读
• 删除线：不发音
• 灰色字体：弱读
• 语言上
• primitive instinct 原始本能，primitive adj. 原始的；
  e.g. Self-preservation is a primitive instinct in all animals. 自我保护是所有动物的原始本能。
• rehearsal theory 应对理论
  e.g. The rehearsal theory of dreaming claims that dreams are the mind's attempt to troubleshoot scenarios. 做梦的应对理论认为，梦是人脑试图解决情景的一种方式。
• significant to its purpose 对其目的有重要意义
  e.g. The decision is significant to the company's purpose and mission. 这个决定对公司的目的和使命具有重要意义。
• hold 表达的是理论的立场或者观点。
  e.g. He holds a high position in the company.他在公司中的地位很高。
• involving adj. 包含的，涉及的。在本句中，用作定语，修饰主语“Dreams”，表示一类“涉及危险和威胁情境的梦”。也可以理解为一个省略掉which are的定语从句。
• 发音上
• 句子比较长，但是发音上没有过难的连弱读现象。
  【参考译文】
  涉及到危险和威胁情境的梦非常普遍，而原始本能的应对理论认为，梦的内容对其目的有重要意义。
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