跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第760期

The easy days ahead of you will be easy. It is the hard days, the days that challenge you to your very core, that will determine who you are.

语音讲解

今日发音练习重点：

1. easy 两个元音发音方式相同，发音时长前长后短
2. ahead

言之有物

1. 词链儿：the days ahead of you 你往后的日子

类比：

the road ahead of you 你后面的路

the future ahead of you 你的未来

the problems ahead of you 你将遇到的问题

the person ahead of you 你前面的人

We have a very busy day ahead of us today. 我们今天会非常忙。

They were right ahead of us. 他们在我们前面。

I'm a few years ahead of you. 我比你年长几岁。

You've got your whole life ahead of you! 你还有大好时光呢（你要珍惜生命）！

2. challenge you to your very core 挑战你的内核→直击你的本质

词链儿：challenge XX to one's (very) core

拓展：rock XX to one's (very) core 震撼某人

The dramatic ending to the film rocked him to his core. 电影戏剧性的结局彻底震撼了他。

They have rocked me to my core. 他们彻底震撼了我。

It sickens me to my very core. 它令我厌恶至极。

词链儿：be adj. to the core 彻底 /十足XX

What I heard and saw from this video makes me sick to my very core.

视频中所呈现的种种，令我厌恶至极。

This organization is rotten to the core.

这家机构已经腐败透顶了。

3. determine who you are 决定你是谁

还可以说：define who you are

活学活用

请用 to the core 随意造句

《脸书首席运营官桑德伯格毕业演讲：你要有扛过一切悲伤的能力 》（Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, graduation speech: you should have the ability to bear all the sorrows）：这是桑德伯格2016年在伯克利大学的毕业演讲词，她告诉我们：最终塑造我们的，是我们所经历的那些艰难时光，而非浮名虚利。我们所经历的每一次挫折，都会在灵魂深处种下坚韧的种子。我们记忆深处的每一次苦难，都会在日后成为支撑我们走下去的力量。

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