Odie的英语课 200 满足于已经取得的成就

199 复习  rest 休息Rest your eyes. 让你的眼睛休息。  Spending too much time in front of screens is bad for our health. 花太多时间在屏幕前对我们的健康不好。Reduce screen time. 减少看屏幕的时间。 这节课学一个惯用语  rest on your laurels  laurel 月桂树古罗马时代，用月桂树叶做成花冠，授予比赛的胜利者。也就是我们现在说的“桂冠”。  laurels （尤指在体育、艺术或政治方面获得的）桂冠，荣誉，赞誉满足于已经取得的成就，不求进步，吃老本（not to make an effort 不做努力。effort 名词，努力） 请大家跟我读三遍 rest on your laurels  比如说，有人从很好的学校毕业，拿到一个非常好的学位 a very good degree（degree 学位），然后就沾沾自喜，不再努力了，你就可以和ta说：Just because you've got your degree doesn't mean you can rest on your laurels.  你不能仅仅因为得了个学位就心满意足裹足不前了。because 因为degree 学位mean 意味，意思 请大家跟我读 Just because you've got your degree doesn't mean you can rest on your laurels. （断句：Just because you've got your degree | doesn't mean | you can rest on your laurels.）  同样，也可以用于自我反省，比如： 我们在荣誉上休息太久了。We rested on our laurels too long.   too long 太久，太长时间  还可以接着说： 我们的竞争对手夺走了我们很多生意。 Our competitors took away a lot of our business.  competitor(s) 竞争者，竞争对手  take away 拿走  a lot of 许多请大家根据自己的情况，酌情跟我读We rested on our laurels too long. Our competitors took away a lot of our business. 所以，下次遇到不思进取的朋友，大家就可以和ta说：Don't rest on your laurels.