早读英语精华本上册 Unit24

　　Be a queen
Be a queen. Dare to be different. Be a pioneer.Be a leader. Be the kind of
woman who in the face of adversity will continue to embrace life and walk fearlessly
toward the challenge. Take it on! Be a truth seeker and rule your domain¹,
whatever it is---your home, your office, your family---with a loving heart.
Be a queen. Be tender. Continue to give birth to new ideas and rejoice in your womanhood...
My prayer is that we will stop wasting time being mundane² and mediocre³...
It doesn't matter what you've been through, where you come from, who your parents
are--nor your social or economic status. None of that matters. What matters
is how you choose to love, how you choose to express that love through your
work, through your family, through what you have to give to the world..
Be a queen. Own your power and your glory!

1 domain   

n.(活动等)领域，范围；领地，势力范围

参考例句：

• This information should be in the public domain.这一消息应该为公众所知。
• This question comes into the domain of philosophy.这一问题属于哲学范畴。

2 mundane   

adj.平凡的；尘世的；宇宙的

参考例句：

• I hope I can get an interesting job and not something mundane.我希望我可以得到的是一份有趣的工作，而不是一份平凡无奇的。
• I find it humorous sometimes that even the most mundane occurrences can have an impact on our awareness.我发现生活有时挺诙谐的，即使是最平凡的事情也能影响我们的感知。

3 mediocre   

adj.平常的，普通的

参考例句：

• The student tried hard,but his work is mediocre. 该生学习刻苦，但学业平庸。
• Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.只有懒汉庸才才会留恋那大锅饭的年代。