留美老师带你每日说英文 第1121期:确定你的北极星

 The only person who knows what your north star is, is you. At the end of your life, you will not regret pursuing that thing that you always wanted to do or that little thing that you at least wanted to try. Follow it no matter how crazy or weird¹ it may seem to other people, you don't wanna die with regret.
知道你的北极星的人就只有你自己。到了生命尽头时，你不会因为自己持续在追求一直以来很想要做的事、或者因为去做了自己曾经想要至少尝试一下的小事情，而感到后悔。跟随你的目标之星前进吧！别管它在旁人眼中有多么疯狂或古怪，毕竟你也不会想要在生命中留下遗憾。

学习重点：

1.regret 懊悔；因……而遗憾
regret (v.) 懊悔；因……而遗憾
regret (n.) 悔恨；遗憾
regress (v.) 退回；逆行

2.pursue 追赶；追踪
pursue (v.) 追赶；追踪
chase (v.) 追逐；追捕

3.at least 反正；无论如何；至少
at least (ph.) 反正；无论如何；至少
at large (ph.) 普遍地；全体地

4.no matter 不论
no matter (ph.) 不论
matter (n.) 事情；问题

 

5.weird 怪异的；不寻常的
weird (adj.) 怪异的；不寻常的
weirdo (n.) 怪人；怪物

1 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。