跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第656期

If you stop comparing yourself to others now, and if you hustle to pursue what is meaningful to you now, you will change your life, you will change the lives of others, and you will change the world.

語音講解

今日發音練習重點：

1. to others to

2. 原聲中明顯的重音位置：now/will。說話者格外重讀時，要分析單詞在句中的所強調的意思。

言之有物

1. 詞鏈兒： compare yourself to others

拿自己和別人比較

My mom always compares me to other children.

媽媽總是愛拿我和別人家的小孩兒比較。

2. 詞鏈兒：hustle to do something 急着去做/趕緊去做...

推搡、催促某人：cause to move hurriedly

You'll have to hustle if you're to get home for supper...

你想趕回家吃晚飯的話，就得加快速度。

Come on! Hustle! 快點！擠進去！

Why are you trying to hustle me out of here? 你爲什麼急着趕我走？

3. 詞鏈兒：be meaningful to XX

it is very meaningful to me.
這對我很有意義。

= it means a lot to me. 對我很重要。

average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than those...

So this book was very meaningful to you... 這本書對你很重要。

活學活用

請用 hustle to do something 隨意造句

《TED演講：不要在年輕時選擇安逸》（TED Speech: Don't choose comfort when you are young ）：演講者Adam從小成績優異,20多歲就有一份令人羨慕的穩定高薪工作,但是他依舊時常感到痛苦，痛在意識到最終事業有成時卻發現不是自己想要的，總把自己和朋友比來比去。作者通過自己的經驗向我們分享了幾個教訓：

要結識有信念的人

你一定得停止拿自己和別人比，着手追求你認爲有意義的事情…

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