跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀第279期

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Culture tends to contribute to human misery. The more one knows, the unhappier one is likely to be.

語音講解
單詞發音
culture n. 文化，文明；修養；栽培
contribute vt. 貢獻，出力；投稿；捐獻
misery n. 痛苦，悲慘；不幸；苦惱；窮困
連詞發音
the unhappier one is
輕讀重讀
重讀：culture/contribute/misery/more/unhappier
弱讀：to/the/is

詞彙講解
to do phrase.
釋義：傾向於做某事;
例句：When this happens, they tend to do nothing or very little.
當這種事情發生時，他們往往什麼也不做，或是做得很少。
請看tend to在美劇This is us中的應用：
When a white family has a black child, and they don't introduce themselves to any of us, we tend to notice.
一個白人家庭帶着個黑人孩子，他們又不沒介紹過自己，我們一般都會多注意一些。
ribute to something/doing something phrase.
釋義：促成/貢獻; to help to cause an event or situation
例句：I believe that each of us can contribute to the future of the world
我相信我們每一個人都能夠對世界的未來有所貢獻。
Everyone contributes, everyone benefits.
每個人都獻一份力，那麼每個人都會受益。
請看contribute在美劇Shameless中的應用：
I'm contributing to home improvement.
我對家庭裝修也要貢獻一份！
contribute的名詞形式contribution也很常見。可用於固定搭配make a contribution.
拓展：attribute to 把...歸因於，是...的結果
We attribute Edison’s success to his intelligence and hard work.
我們把愛迪生的成就歸功於他的聰明才智和辛勤勞動。
likely to do phrase.
釋義：可能
例句：It is likely to rain.
好像快要下雨了
He's likely to go abroad.
他很有可能出國.
It's likely that he will go abroad.
他很有可能出國
請看likely在電影《哈利波特與鳳凰社》中的應用：
-I'm sure we're all going to be very good friends.
我相信我們一定能成爲好朋友。
-That's likely.
可不嗎！（纔怪）
4. 不好好說話系列：I gather it to be your belief that...
我收集到你的信仰是...→我覺得你是這樣想的...