留美老师带你每日说英文 第350期:梦想和计划

 　　台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是：

　　When we think about the dreams we have, and the dent¹ we want to leave in the universe, it is striking to see how big of an overlap² there is between the dreams that we have and projects that never happen.

　　当我们思考我们所拥有的梦想，以及我们想要在宇宙中所留下的印记，我们会很惊讶的发现，梦想和未实现的计划这两者之间有多雷同。

1 dent   

n.凹痕，凹坑；初步进展

参考例句：

• I don't know how it came about but I've got a dent in the rear of my car.我不知道是怎么回事，但我的汽车后部有了一个凹痕。
• That dent is not big enough to be worth hammering out.那个凹陷不大，用不着把它锤平。

2 overlap   

v.重叠，与…交叠；n.重叠

参考例句：

• The overlap between the jacket and the trousers is not good.夹克和裤子重叠的部分不好看。
• Tiles overlap each other.屋瓦相互叠盖。