跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第246期

What a life in the theater has taught me is, to trust one's instincts. And that takes courage.

語音講解
單詞發音
theater n.電影院，戲院，劇場；戲劇；手術室
instincts n.(生物)本能
courage n.勇氣；膽量
連詞發音
what a life in
trust one's instincts
輕讀重讀
重讀：taught/trust/instinct/takes courage
弱讀：the/has/to/and

詞彙講解
inct noun.
釋義：a natural tendency to behave in a particular way or a natural ability to know something, which is not learned →同義詞 intuition 直覺
例句：Animals have a natural instinct for survival.
killer instinct
本義爲殺手的直覺
請看killer instinct在電影《瘋狂動物城》中的應用：
that killer instinct is still in our DNA.

後引申爲強烈的求勝慾望。
英文釋義：a very strong desire to succeed in a situation or activity etc that is very competitive
He quit the sport when he realised he didn't have the killer instinct.
當意識到自己缺乏好勝心後他放棄了運動員生涯。
Nobody gets to the top of Goldman Sachs without ambition, brain-power and a killer instinct.
沒有野心、才智和殺手本能的人，是做不到高盛的最高層的。
courage expression.
釋義：需要勇氣
例句：It takes courage to say what you think
說出真實想法是需要勇氣的。

活學活用
take courage
英文：It takes courage to do what she did.
中文：要做她做過的事得需要勇氣。

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