英语俚语天天说 第137期:乔布斯的日本之行

【介绍】： The most important thing now I think is that if you are gonna start something new,you have to feel passionate¹ about it because it's really hard. 我觉得最重要的事情是，如果你选择创造一项新事物，你必须充满希望，因为这真的很难。

讲解：gonna: [ˈgɔnə] going to的缩写，将要. e.g. I'm gonna visit my Mom tomorrow. About it 辅音+元音连读，前一个单词辅音发音结尾，后一个单词原因发音开始。 Not at all an hour. And sometimes people come to me and say, I wanna start a company. And I say ,why? They say I wanna make lots of money. I say forget it, that's not a good enough reason. You will not, most likely², you will not succeed. 有时候有人告诉我，他们想开一家公司。我问为什么，他们说他们想赚很多钱.我说算了吧，大多数情况下，你是不可能成功的。

讲解：to弱读，原来发音[tuː],弱读后[tə] He wants to eat now. I have to go out. Because things change too much, you can be going down in a path³, you say, in 5 years, I wanna be here, but then something new happens ,and you just say forget that, I want to be over there. 因为世界变化太快，你可以沿着一条路走，觉得我五年内能到达那。但是又有新的事物出现，你就会觉得算了，我有新的目的。

讲解：becuase弱读，原来发音为[bɪˈkɔ:z]，弱读之后为[bɪˈkəz]或更简单地弱读为cuz[kəz] e.g. I can't come cuz I'm busy. 我不能来，因为我很忙。

1 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

2 likely   

adj.有可能的，合适的，前途有望的；adv.或许，可能

参考例句：

• Look at the sky.It's most likely going to rain.瞧！这天多半要下雨。
• It's so cloudy and cold that it's likely to snow.天气又阴又冷，大半要下雪。

3 path   

n.路线，轨道，路程，小路，小径；abbr.(=pathological)；

参考例句：

• A path lies through the woods.一条小路穿过树林。
• She walked along the path.她沿着小路走去。