留美老师带你每日说英文 第1107期:汉字的使用

 台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是：

There are apparently¹ over 80,000 Chinese characters, which can seem pretty intimidating² -- but guess what you only need to know 3,500 in Standard Chinese. This might still seem like a lot, but you can actually get by with only 1,000 of the most frequent characters.
据说有超过八万多个汉字，这听起来感觉很吓人，但是你知道吗，你只需要知道3500个规范汉字就好了。这听起来好像还是很多，但你只要掌握1000个最常见的汉字其实就够用了。

学习重点：

1.apparently 显然地；似乎、表面上
apparently (adv.) 显然地；似乎、表面上
evidently (adv.) 明显地

2.intimidating 令人生畏的
intimidating (adj.) 令人生畏的
scary (adj.) 引起惊慌的
frightening (adj.) 使人惊吓的

3.get by (勉强) 对付过去；(勉强) 过活
get by (v.) (勉强) 对付过去；(勉强) 过活
cope (v.) 对付；应付
scrape by (v.) 勉强维持；勉强度日；勉强通过

4.frequently 频繁地
frequently (adv.) 频繁地
regularly (adv.) 有规律地；定期地

1 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

2 intimidating   

vt.恐吓，威胁( intimidate的现在分词)

参考例句：

• They were accused of intimidating people into voting for them. 他们被控胁迫选民投他们的票。
• This kind of questioning can be very intimidating to children. 这种问话的方式可能让孩子们非常害怕。