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Lesson 20 Life Is a Journey
重难点知识讲解
1. If I compare myself to others… 如果我拿自己和别人比较…
【解析】compare to 和compare with 的用法
(1)compare to 是“比较……和…把…比作…”的意思。例如:
We compare him to a little tiger. 我们把他比作小老虎。
(2) compare…with 是“比较…和…”的意思。例如:
We must compare the present with the past. 我们要把现在和过去比较一下。
(3)compare with 侧重仔细的比较过程。有时,两者可以互相代替。例如:
He compared London to/with Paris. 他把伦敦和巴黎作比较。
London is large, compared to/ with Paris. 同巴黎比较而言,伦敦大些。
(4)在表示“比不上,不能比”的意思时,用compare with 和 compare to 都可以。例如:
The pen is not compared to that one.这支笔比不上那支笔。
2. And I have to make up my own mind. 我必须下定决心。
【解析】make up one's mind “下决心”。例如:
I am old enough to make up my own mind. 我已经长大了,可以自己拿主意了。
I made up my mind to study hard. 我下定决心要好好学习。
基础练习
一、短语互译。
1. 考虑,思考_________________________________________________________
2.沉浮;兴衰__________________________________________________________
3. 比较…和…________________________________________________________
4. 需要做什么________________________________________________________
5.同意某人___________________________________________________________
6. 下定决心__________________________________________________________
7. face our life_________________________________________________________
8. happiness or hardship__________________________________________________
9. success or failure_____________________________________________________
二、用方框中所给词的适当形式补全下列诗句。
mind succeed down make different best
Life Is a Journey
by Jack London
From the hell to the heaven, Different choice makes 3._____ future.
There's no straight way to walk.
Sometimes up, sometimes 1._____ . It's stupid to put eyes on others.
I have to make up my own 4._____ ,
Going my way to the destination.
Hope creates a heaven for us,
Some choices are waiting for me, Facing 5._____ or failure,
Which one on earth is better? It’s no need to care too much
No God in the world can help me,
It's no need to care too much. Only if Tve tried my 6.______ Choosing is the byname (别名)of freedom, It's enough for my simple life.