If you can view those situations as challenges you can control and master, rather than as threats that are insurmountable, you will perform better in the short run and stay healthy in the long run.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. those situations 后进同化

2. in‧sur‧mount‧a‧ble 为五音节单词

3. healthy内含舌侧音/l/

言之有物：

1. 词链儿：view...as... 把…视为...

This behaviour is not viewed as acceptable.

这种行为被认为是不可接受的。

He is widely viewed as a possible prime minister.

大众普遍认为他有可能成为首相。

When the car was first built, the design was viewed as highly original.

这种车刚造出时，其设计被认为是独具匠心。

You may view us as…backward and barbaric.

你可能看我们落后又野蛮。

图片源自《美国恐怖故事》

2. rather than = instead of 而不是

I think I'll have a cold drink rather than coffee.

我想要冷饮，不要咖啡。

Emily decided to quit rather than accept the new rules.

艾米丽决定辞职而不接受新规定。

insurmountable 构词：

in- 否定前缀“不，无，没有”

surmount 克服（困难/难题）= overcome

-able 形容词后缀

insurmountable adj.〔困难〕难以克服的，不可逾越的

insurmountable difficulties

难以克服的困难

The age barrier appeared insurmountable.

年龄障碍看来是无法逾越的。

★原声例句：I have never come across an obstacle that is insurmountable.

我从来没有遇到过不可逾越的障碍。

★原声例句：But it's not insurmountable.

但这并非不可逾越。

...some of the brave men and women, who defied insurmountable odds.

一些曾在20年前克服重重艰难险阻。

图片源自《独立日》

...is an insurmountable task

这几乎是个不可能的任务

图片源自《马哥瑞姆的玩具店》

4. 词链儿：in the short/long run 从短期来看/从长远来看

All our hard work will be worth it in the long run.

从长远来看，我们的一切努力都是值得的。

That doesn't help everyone in the long run.

从长远看这没什么好处。

图片源自《越狱》

In the short run, unemployment may fall.

从短期来看，失业率可能降低。

So, there is the puzzle. Since cheating--Since a cheater, in the short run.

所以，问题就在这里，既然短期来看…

图片源自《耶鲁大学开放课程》

活学活用：

请用 insurmountable 随意造句

《TED演讲：压力如何影响你的身体？》（How stress affects your body - Sharon Horesh Bergquist）：当面临挑战或感到无助时，我们可以清晰的感受到压力的存在，但压力不仅仅是一种情绪，它还是一种穿行在我们体内的身体反应，就像电路板上的电流那样。压力会从多方面去危害你的健康，比如痤疮、脱发等，这些对您又意味着什么呢？

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