【英语学习】【Level 08】U05 Better option L5 A picture is worth a thousand words

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### 文章目录 ###

*  Word Preparation
 *   *  feed: (社交账号上记载的)状态
     *  get sth. across: 传达，讲清楚
     *  opt for sth: 选择做某事；决定做某事
     *  share: 分享；转发
     *  catch someone's eye: 吸引某人的眼球
     *  draw interest: 引起兴趣
 *  Grammar
 *   *  opt的用法

# Word Preparation #

## feed: (社交账号上记载的)状态 ##

the page on someone’s social network account that contains the posts of the user and other users  
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She can spend hours just looking at her Facebook feed.  
她能花好几个小时只为看自己的脸书状态。

There are already ten new posts on my feed.  
我的状态里已经有十条更新了。

## get sth. across: 传达，讲清楚 ##

to successfully communicate something to someone else

She wasn’t able to get her message across to her mom.  
她没能跟妈妈讲清楚她的意思。

Tom is very good at explaining things, so he always gets his message across.  
Tom非常擅长解释事情，所以他总能把自己的意思表达清楚。

## opt for sth: 选择做某事；决定做某事 ##

to choose something or to decide to so something

Emma was the only one who opted for ordering pizza.  
只有Emma一个人选择叫皮萨外面。

Mark opted for an early retirement.  
Mark决定提前退休。

## share: 分享；转发 ##

to post or repost something on a social media website

Lisa shared pictures of her vacation on Facebook this morning.  
Lisa今早在脸书上分享了自己度假的照片。

You can share these pictures through WeChat once you go home.  
你回家以后可以把这些照片分享到微信上面。

## catch someone’s eye: 吸引某人的眼球 ##

to attract someone’s attention

If you see something that catches your eye, we can stop and look.  
你要是看见什么吸引你眼球的东西，咱们可以停下来看看。

There was nothing in the store that caught my eye except for the computers.  
店里除了那几台电脑，也没什么能吸引我的东西了。

## draw interest: 引起兴趣 ##

to appear interesting and get someone’s attention

Newspapers try to draw interest by using an interesting title.  
报纸上经常用很有趣的标题来吸引读者。

He was very successful at drawing interest from the public.  
他经常能成功地吸引公众关注。

# Grammar #

## opt的用法 ##

opt 作为动词，表示 “选择，挑选” 之意；名词形式为 option，为 “选项，选择” 之意。 opt的用法如下：

1.  opt for/against，意为 “选择 （决定）做/不做 …”，后面可接名词或动名词
2.  opt to do sth.，因为 “选择（决定）做 …”

*  After graduating, she opted for a career in music.
 *  Most people opt for buying their own homes rather than renting them.
 *  After a lot of thought, I opted against buying a motorbike.
 *  Many workers opted to leave their jobs rather than take a pay cut.

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