【每日一句】
Sia 希雅(创作型歌手)
The truth is that you shouldn't match your insides to other people's outsides. Life is an inside job, and we just have to do our best.
不要拿自己的内在和别人的外在相比较。生活的意义在于你的内在,在这一方面我们要做到最好。
outsides 外在;美貌
insides 内在;才华/灵魂
match 比赛/比较
经典搭配:match sth to sth
【口语拓展】
No 1. Do one's best 尽力
we just have to do our best.
我们要尽力而为。
I'll do my best to come back on time.
我会尽力准时回来。
如果力度再强烈,还可以在best前面加一个very。
We'll do our very best to save lives.
我们会尽力拯救更多的生命。
除了try one's best, 你还可以说try one's utmost / hardest to do something.
Try your utmost to fend the country.
尽你所能保卫家园。
No 2. give it/sth your best shot
shot 机会;试试
best shot 尽力
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Give it your best shot.
这是一次千载难逢的机会啊。你可要尽力。
once in a lifetime 一生一次的/千载难逢的
No 3. make the best of it...
在一个特别的环境和条件下,要尽可能做到最好
This is not a spacious house, but Bruce made the best of it.
这不是一间很大的房子,但是bruce尽力布置到最好。
Sia
经典歌曲
Move Your Body
Chandelier
The Greatest