## Eric Day3分享

Chapter 2 （Part1)

?內(nèi)容補(bǔ)充

作者說他寫這本書是想提醒大家: It’s ok to feel bad. It’s important to feel bad. You should allow yourself to feel bad. 這個觀點是佛教的核心觀點，也是The Road Less Travelled by一書的主要觀點。

這一章本來應(yīng)該是這本書的chapter1，后來調(diào)整到成chapter2。作者說這是他最喜歡的一章。

?實用表達(dá)

? the dog shit caked to the bottom of the social totem pole.

cake在這里表示“凝集成塊“

totem pole本身的意思是“圖騰柱”，常用來表示一個人的地位。例如我在家里的地位比狗狗還低，我就可以說I’m low man on the (family’s) totem pole.

? The prince began to notice that this life of suffering **wasn’t all that it was cracked up to be.**

not all that it was cracked up to be是一個習(xí)慣表達(dá)，表示沒有預(yù)想的好。

? We **are wired to **become dissatisfied with whatever we have and satisfied by only what we do not have.

be wired to表示“傾向于“也可以說be hard-wired to, 類似的表達(dá)還有be conditioned to, be indoctrinated to, tend to

? Problems are a **constant** in life.

注意constant在這里是名詞，表示“常量” “永恒不變的東西”，類似的表達(dá)還有norm。

?學(xué)點語法

? **There lived** in a palace a king who was going to have a son.

除了there be句型外，there后也可以跟其它動詞，常見的有there lived, there remains, there entered, there followed.

? the prince** ended up** blaming his father for the very things his father had tried to do for him.

end up是個極其實用的表達(dá)，表示“到頭來” “最終”。它可以這樣用: 1) end up+ing 2)end up +名詞，例如Eric could have ended up a billionaire. Eric本來可以成為億萬富翁的。 3) end up +介賓短語 例如Eric ended in prison. Eric最終入獄了。

? he should probably **go do** something else instead.

口語中常會見到兩個動詞放在一起的情況，一般第一個動詞是come或者go，例如這里的go do?？梢岳斫鉃間o to do。

例如常見的表達(dá)，我去弄口吃的，就可以說：I’m gonna go grab a bite.

? Or maybe you even** go so far as to** question your entire interior design philosophy based on your throbbing foot.

go so far as to很好理解，但是我們想不到用它，那就來造個句吧！例如This reading group is helpful, but I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s great.