Lighten Your Load and Save Your Life
Words and Phrases
⑴lighten: vt. & vi.
ⅰ. (cause sth to) become lighter in weight (使某物)变轻
e.g. lighten a burden 减轻负担
My mood gradually lightened.我的心情慢慢轻松下来。
ⅱ. (cause sth to) become brighter (使某物)变亮
e.g. The new windows have lightened the room considerably. 这些新窗户使得房间亮多了。
His face lightened as she apologized. 她向他道歉时,他喜形于色
⑵overwhelm: vt.
ⅰ. to cover completely by flowing over or pouring down on完全盖过漫过并淹没;吞没,席卷
e.g. The boat was overwhelmed by the waves. 船被浪打翻了。
ⅱ. to affect deeply in mind or emotion 控制对思想或情绪影响深刻
e.g. Despair overwhelmed me. 绝望控制了我
be overwhelmed by grief 伤心之极
Overwhelmed with gratitude, he fell to his knees.他感激万分,跪倒在地。
ⅲ. to defeat completely and decisively 彻底并决定性地击败
e.g. Our team overwhelmed them by 40 points. 我们队以40分彻底击败了他们
【链接】
①overwhelming: a. too great to resist or overcome; very great 压倒性的, 无法抵抗的
②overwhelmingly: ad
⑶among other things 除了其他事情之外
It goes without saying that a peaceful and stable environment, among other things, proves to be of vital importance for China. 不言而喻,除其他因素之外,一个和平稳定的环境对中国至关重要。
⑷give emphasis to… 看重/强调 ······
In the course of children’s growth, we should give as much emphasis to the cultivation of their love for others as to their intellectual development. 在孩子的成长过程中,我们应把对孩子的爱心培养和智力发展看得同等重要。
⑸cut down 减少……的数量
If you can’t give up smoking completely, at least try to cut it down. 如果不能完全戒烟,至少要少抽点。
My Feelings About the Article
Do you often feel angry about other things? If your answer is “yes”,you shoud take care of it.Believe it or not,hot temper is an invisible killer to you,especially your heart.Maybe you will sneer,“Oh,come on,don’t overstste it.It’s just a kind of mood.And everyone maight be angry everyday.They don’t have anything in trouble,do they?”But in fact,they do hurt their heart when they are in bad temper,which has been proved by scientists.The gas an angry person breathe out is harmful to his heart muscle fibers and his cells.So being angry really hurt ourselves.
And many people in even temper could live a long and healthy life,while many people in odd temper couldn’t.It prove that bad temper is hurmful too.