1. 認(rèn)識這個詞(基礎(chǔ)篇)
詞:universal
英英釋義:existing everywhere or involving everyone
例句:The desire to look attractive is universal.
2. 體會這個詞 (進(jìn)階篇)
我很都很熟悉“universe”是“宇宙”实幕,其實(shí)它的形容詞形式“universal”也是個常見并且實(shí)用的好詞尝盼。當(dāng)想表示某種情況非常普遍時崇棠,我們可能會立刻想到 common砰左,popular全景,prevalent邪意,其實(shí)在很多時候也可以用 universal。
比如我們常說“愛美之心泰演,人皆有之”,就可以說成:
The desire to look attractive is universal.?
或者
It’s a universal trait to want people to find you attractive.?
當(dāng)我們想表示“全民xx”這層意思時葱轩,就可以用到 universal粥血。比如“全民醫(yī)卑爻”就可以說成“universal health care”,“普世價值”可以是“universal values”复亏≈和蓿《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》曾在一篇特別報(bào)道中評價美國是“the only large rich country without universal health care”。
universal 的副詞形式 universally 也很常見缔御,當(dāng)想強(qiáng)調(diào)普遍程度時就可以用到它抬闷。比如《傲慢與偏見》中的經(jīng)典開篇第一段中就用到了“universally acknowledged”:
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.?
根據(jù)這段話我們也可以提取常見句型 It is a universal truth that… 比如《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》中就出現(xiàn)過:?
It is a universal truth of human nature that a dollar tomorrow is worth less to us than a dollar today.
3. 從認(rèn)識到會用(作業(yè))
1)使用《牛津英語搭配詞典》查“universal”,了解它作為形容詞時的常用搭配耕突。?
2)翻譯下面的句子:
中國的全民教育取得了巨大的進(jìn)步笤成。
China has made remarkable progress toward universal literacy.
(參考翻譯:China has made remarkable progress toward/towards universal literacy. 或者 China has made giant strides in universal access to education.)
3)結(jié)合自己的生活、學(xué)習(xí)眷茁、工作炕泳、興趣等,想象在什么語境下會用到這個表達(dá)上祈。先簡要描述這個場景培遵,再造句。
場景:美國與北約
造句:Secretary of State Pompeo recently says some warmer words for NATO, calling it an indispensable institution,but it is universally acknowledged that only the president is the person who will decide, and it is also a universal truth that Mr. Trump is no fan of multilateral institutions mainly because he believes that they don’t serve America’s security interests.