Daily Wisdom
2024-05-31
It's about finding your values, and committing to them. It's about finding your North Star. It's about making chices. Some are easy. Some are hard. And some will make you question everything. - Tim Cook
Translation
你要找到你的信念，然后坚持。你要找到你的北极星。你要会做选择。有一些容易，有一些艰难，还有一些会让你质疑一切。- 蒂姆·库克
attributive clause - 定于从句 - whom定语从句中不能作主语，只能做宾语或表语。 07:32
Where is the student whom/who Professor Snape praised at the meeting?
2024-05-30
Our flaws are what makes us human. If we can accept them as part of who we are, they really don't even have to be an issue. - Ellen DeGeneres
Translation
我们的缺点使我们成为人类。如果我们能接受他们是我们的一部分，他们真的不必成为一个问题。- 艾伦·德杰尼勒斯
attributive clause - 定于从句 - 指代“人”的关系代词who和whom有何不同？who前不能与介词搭配使用 06:28
The CEO for whom you are waiting is gone.
2024-05-29
One hour per day of study in your chosen field is all it takes. One hour per day of study will put you at the top of your field within three years. - Earl Nightingale
Translation
每天在你选择的领域学习一个小时就足够了。每天学习一小时会让你在三年内成为你所在领域的佼佼者。- 厄尔·南丁格尔
attributive clause - 定于从句 - 关系词做宾语（动词或者介词的宾语） 05:08
I can't remember the man who/whom I gave the key to.
2024-05-28
If you do everything that everyone else dose in business, you're going to lose. The only way to really be ahead, is to 'be different'. - Larry Ellison
Translation
如果你在商业上做其他人都做的事情，你将会失败。真正领先的唯一方式就是‘与众不同’。- 拉里·埃里森
attributive clause - 定于从句 - 关系词做表语 04:17
He is no longer the man who he used to be.
2024-05-27
Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe. - Oprah Winfrey
Translation
为你的生活创造最崇高、最伟大的愿景，因为你会成为你所相信的。- 奥普拉·温弗瑞
attributive clause - 定于从句 - 关系代词who或whom，先行词指人的时候，才用who或whom 03:30
The woman who is standing by the classroom is our Spanish teacher.
2024-05-26
Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting who you are. - Ellen DeGeneres
Translation
美丽就是对自己的外在感到舒适。这是关于了解和接受你是谁。- 艾伦·德杰尼勒斯
attributive clause - 定于从句 - 在复合句中修饰名词或代词的句子 00:00
Hermione Granger is a girl who has magic power.
2024-05-25
A purpose of humen life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is arround to be loved. - Kurt Vonnegut
Translation
人类生活的目的之一，无论由谁来控制，就是去爱身边值得被爱的人。- 库尔特·冯内古特
appositive clause - 特殊疑问句作句子成分 - 作主语，无需调整句子语序 41:54
Who will hold the party has not yet been decided.
2024-05-24
Don't spend so much time trying to choose the perfect opportunity, that you miss the right opportunity. - Michael Dell
Translation
不要花太多时间试图选择完美的机会，以至于错过了正确的机会。- ，迈克尔·戴尔
appositive clause - 特殊疑问句为陈述语序 - 变倒装语序为陈述语序 41:35
I don't know who she is.
2024-05-23
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality. - Earl Nightingale
Translation
无论我们在潜意识中植入什么，用重复和情感滋养什么，总有一天会变成现实。- 厄尔·南丁格尔
appositive clause - 特殊疑问句变成陈述句语序 39:54
There arose the question where we were supposed to do it.
2024-05-22
If you're not building a product that you would personally use, you're in the wrong business. - Naval Ravikant
Translation
如果你不是在打造一个你自己会使用的产品，那你就入错了行。- 纳瓦尔·拉维坎特
appositive clause - 一般疑问句做同位语从句"whether + 陈述句" 39:03
They are faced with the problem whether they should conduct the experiment.
2024-05-21
I make time to exercise. It's not being indulgent. I think it's got a lot to do with your ability to manage properly and stay focused. - Ginni Rometty
Translation
我抽时间锻炼。这不是放纵。我认为这与你管理得当和保持专注的能力有很大关系。- 吉尼·罗梅蒂
appositive clause - 37:54
They spread the lie everywhere that Leah was guilty of theft.
2024-05-20
It's a marathon, not a sprint. I actually feel like I come to work stronger when I've had a little time on the weekend to step away from it and enjoy my family and other things. - Mary Barra
Translation
这是一场马拉松，不是短跑。事实上，当我在周末有一点时间远离工作，享受家庭和其他事情时，我觉得我工作起来更强大了。- 玛丽·博拉
appositive clause - 同位语从句。补充说明的名词，叫先行词。"that+陈述句"放在同位语位置。34:49
The thought that they could cross the whole continent was exciting.
2024-05-19
When people use your brand name as a verb, you know you've made it. - Meg Whitman
Translation
当人们把你的品牌名称当作动词使用时，你就知道自己成功了。- 梅格·惠特曼
appositive clause - 同位语从句。两个指同一事物的句子成分放在同等位置，一个句子成分可被用来说明或解释另一个句子成分。 32:24
Tom, our monitor, is a handsome boy.
2024-05-18
Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweatness. - Kurt Vonnegut
Translation
保持温柔，别任世界把你的内心变得坚硬。别因伤痛而使你变得对这个世界充满憎恨。别让生活的苦涩吞噬了你心中美好的回忆。- 库尔特·冯内古特
Predicate Nominal Clause - 表语从句。特殊连接词。because 表示“因为”，通常用于“This/That/It is/was because...”。 30:37
It's just because you don't know her well.
2024-05-17
The realy good writers have always been the people who were most fully themselves. - Jonathan Franzen
Translation
真正优秀的作家总是那些最充分做自己的人。- 乔纳森·弗兰岑
Predicate Nominal Clause - 表语从句。特殊连接词。as if/though表示好像，也常与表象系动词look/seem/appear搭配使用。 30:36
It looks as if/though it's going to rain soon.
2024-05-16
The sidelines are not where you want to live your life. The world needs you in the arena. - Tim Cook
Translation
生活不是要你站在边线围观，这个世界需要你参与进来。- 蒂姆·库克
Predicate Nominal Clause - 表语从句。特殊连接词。(just) as表示正如，经常遇表象系动词look/seem/appear搭配使用。 30:30
She looks just as she was ten years ago.
2024-05-15
Building resilience is important in leadership - the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties and adapt to change. - Mary Barra
Translation
建立韧性在领导力中很重要-从困难中迅速恢复并适应变化的能力。- 玛丽·博拉
Predicate Nominal Clause - 表语从句。特殊疑问句。疑问副词when/where/why/how用来连接表语从句，既起着连接作用，同时又在从句中充当句子成分，一般作壮语。 29:40
The point is when you will become efficient.
2024-05-14
As I say to our own team: Never protect your past, never define yourself by a single product, and always continue to steward for the long-term, keep moving towards the future. - Ginni Rometty
Translation
正如我对我们自己的团队说的那样：永远不要保护你的过去，永远不要用一款产品定义自己，永远要继续为长远着想。继续向未来前进- 吉尼·罗梅蒂
Predicate Nominal Clause - 表语从句。特殊疑问句变成陈述句语序后放在表语的位置 27:57
Money is what we are badly in need of.
2024-05-13
Whether you've found your calling, or if you're still searching, passion should be the fire that drives your life's work. - Michael Dell
Translation
无论你是否已经找到了自己的使命，或者你是否还在寻找，激情应该是驱动你一生工作的火焰。- 迈克尔·戴尔
Predicate Nominal Clause - 表语从句。一般疑问句作表语从句“whether+陈述句”放在表语的位置。表语表达“是否”，连词用whether 26:51
His question is whether thay can arrive in London on time.
2024-05-12
An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life - becoming a better person. - Leo Tolstoy
Translation
傲慢的人认为自己是完美的。这是傲慢的主要害处。它干扰了一个人生活中的主要人物--成为一个更好的人。- 列夫·托尔斯泰
Predicate Nominal Clause - 表语从句。名词主语表示建议、命令、要求等含义，表语从句谓语动词采用“should+动词原形”，有时should可以省略 25:35
The officer's order was that all the soldiers(should) never surrender to the enemy.
2024-05-11
Art is a place where we can explore the darker sides of the human psyche and still remain within the realm of beauty. - George Condo
Translation
艺术是一个我们可以探索人类心理的黑暗面，同时仍然保持在美的领域内的地方。- 乔治·康多
Predicate Nominal Clause - 表语从句。陈述句作标语从句 24:33
His advice is that we should leave for Shanghai before dawn.
2024-05-10
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. - Steve Jobs
Translation
记住你终将死去，这是我所知道的避免陷入“你会失去什么”思维陷阱的最好办法。你已经赤身裸体了。没有理由不跟随自己的心。- 史蒂夫·乔布斯
Object Clause - 宾语从句的时态。当宾语从句表示的是一个客观真理或是事实时，即使主句是过去式，从句也用一般现在时 22:01
The teacher told his students that light travels faster than sound.
2024-05-09
The only things one places absolute faith in are things one cannot touch. Things we believe in but whose existence cannot be proven. Ideas, hopes, love. - Don DeLillo
Translation
唯一让人绝对信任的东西是那些无法触摸的东西。我们相信但无法证明其存在的东西。思想、希望、爱。- 唐·德里罗
Object Clause - 宾语从句的时态。主句是过去时态，从句需用过去时态的某种形式 22:01
She was sorry that she hadn't finished her work on time.
2024-05-08
Science is a garden. It is not a pyramid. It is not a hierarchy of understanding, where the view from the top is the only true view. - Dan Brown
Translation
科学是一个花园。它不是金字塔。它不是理解的等级制度，也不是只有从顶端看才是唯一真实的视角。- 丹·布朗
Object Clause - 宾语从句的时态。主句一般现在时，从句根据实际情况使用任何时态 21:53
The headmaster hopes everything goes well.
2024-05-07
A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses. - Jean Cocteau
Translation
一个真正的是人不需要诗意所牵绊。就如苗圃园丁不需要用玫瑰的芬芳来显示自己的能力。- 让·科克托
Object Clause - 特殊疑问句作宾语从句。宾语从句连接代词 20:28
He needs to find out what is behind it.
2024-05-06
The most important factor in life is not how much money you have, but how many problems you have to solve to get what you want. - Naval Ravikant
Translation
生活中最重要的因素不是有多少钱，而是要解决多少问题才能得到你想要的东西。- 纳瓦尔·拉维坎特
Object Clause - 特殊疑问句作宾语从句。宾语从句连接副词 20:28
None of us knows where these new parts can be bought.
2024-05-05
The best way to do something that's never been down before is to assemble a great team. - Larry Page
Translation
做一件以前从未做过的事情的最好方法是组建一个伟大的团队。- 拉里·佩奇
Object Clause - 特殊疑问句作宾语从句。特殊疑问句变陈述句语序后放在宾语的位置构成宾语从句 18:02
I have not decided whom I should vote for.
2024-05-04
The only way to do good work is to immerse yourself in the subject and to be completely invested in what you're doing. - Dave Eggers
Translation
做好工作的唯一方法是全身心地投入到你做的事情中去，并对所做的工作完全投入。- 戴夫·艾格斯
Object Clause - 一般疑问句作宾语从句 不能用whether只能用if。2.if引导否定概念的宾语从句 15:54
He asked if I didn't come to school yesterday.
2024-05-03
The best thing a person can do is to be honest, to just be true to who they are, and not to try to be what other people want them to be. - Zadie Smith
Translation
一个人能做的最好的事情就是诚实，对自己忠实，而不是试图成为别人希望他们成为的人。- 扎迪·史密斯
Object Clause - 一般疑问句作宾语从句 不能用whether只能用if。1.if引导条件壮语从句，意为“如果”
I don't care if I never see her again.
2024-05-02
The most important quality of a leader is the ability to inspire others to become leaders themselves. - Naval Ravikant
Translation
领导者最重要的品质是激励他人也成为领导者的能力。- 纳瓦尔·拉维坎特
Object Clause - 一般疑问句作宾语从句 不能用if只能用whether。2. 直接与or not连用
I can't say whether or not they can come on time.
2024-05-01
It's hard to think anything is impossible after seeing a man land on the moon. - Jeff Bezos
Translation
在看到人类登月之后，很难再认为有什么事不可能的。- 杰夫·贝佐斯
Object Clause - 一般疑问句作宾语从句 不能用if只能用whether。1. 介词后面
I'm thinking of whether we should go camping here.