跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第844期

Our human nature is much more created than it is discovered. We design human nature by designing the institutions within which people live and work.

語音講解

今日發音練習重點：

1. nature的第一個元音是。

KK音標中的/e/其實是雙元音/eɪ/。不要混淆DJ音標和KK音標。一篇文章告訴你DJ音標和KK音標的不同

2. created /kriˈeɪtɪd/ 重音在第二個音節/eɪ/上

言之有物：

1. more than

① 不僅是

She is more than a teacher to us, she is our friend.

她不只是教師，還是我們的朋友。

It's more than knowledge. It's truth. 這不僅僅是知識，更是真理。

圖片源自《復仇者聯盟》

I need something more than just a big nigger. 我要的不僅僅是個大塊頭。

圖片源自《被解救的姜戈》

②與其說...，不如說...

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

與其說科學是一種知識體系，倒不如說它是一種思維方式。

He is more sly than clever.

與其說他聰明，不如說是狡猾。

2. We design human nature by

designing the institutions

within which people live and work.

活學活用

請用 more than 隨意造句

TED演講：什麼樣的工作纔會有成就感？：除了薪水外，工作還能帶給我們許多無形的價值，而這些無形價值恰恰是我們當前的工作觀所忽視的。如果一份職業就只能是賺錢的渠道，那我們的人生中將會有很大一部分時間在迷茫和焦慮中度過。

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