英语俚语天天说 第177期:朋友圈里的点赞专业户

 　　介绍:

　　How many times do you check your Moments or Facebook page in a day to see whether your latest post has got another "like" or "thumbs up"?

　　你一天会检查多少次你的朋友圈或脸书，查看你最新发布的状态是否得到了他人的喜欢或点zan呢？

　　①thumbs up 竖起大拇指；赞成

　　That movie must be good, it got two thumbs up from John and Grace.

　　那个片一定好看！John和Grace两个人都表示很赞！

　　Although you might be embarrassed to admit how many times you do this, don't worry - psychological findings have shown it's completely（=totally） normal.

　　也许你可能会不好意思承认自己刷了多少次，其实不用担心，心理学家研究证明，这种情况完全正常。

　　①embarrassed（感到）尴尬的；害羞的

　　I've never felt so embarrassed in my life!

　　②embarrassing令人尴尬的，使人难堪的

　　It was so embarrassing having to sing in public.

　　非得在众人面前唱歌太难为情了。

　　In fact, the pleasure we derive¹ from getting a "like" is equal to that of eating chocolate or winning money, and we can't help wanting more.

　　其实，当我们得到一个“zan”时感受到的快乐和我们吃巧克力或者赢钱是一样的，而且我们情不自禁地想要更多。

　　can't help doing 忍不住

　　I couldn't help laughing after he fell into the river.

　　他掉进河里后，我忍不住大笑起来。

　　Too much desire for attention can create anxiety, and in turn ruin your happiness even when you get it.

　　事实上，太过渴求关注会导致焦虑，甚至会在你得到关注的时候反过来破坏你的幸福感。

　　ruin v. 毁掉，糟蹋

　　The bad weather ruined our trip.

　　坏天气破坏了我们的旅行。

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v.取得；导出；引申；来自；源自；出自

参考例句：

• We derive our sustenance from the land.我们从土地获取食物。
• We shall derive much benefit from reading good novels.我们将从优秀小说中获得很大好处。