(单词翻译:单击)
When you clarify your purpose, you take back your external locus of control, where you worry about what other people think, and you take an internal locus.
语音讲解：
今日发音练习重点：
1. external/internal 重音转移；
2. purpose 无论英美，第二音节不可以发成/r/；
3. locus发音与focus相似，均要注意第二音节发/?/，而不是/r/。
言之有物:
1. clarify 动词 阐明；澄清
词链儿：clarify your purpose 明确你的目的
It is significant to clarify your purpose. The purpose should come from the bottom of your heart.
明确目标很重要。目标应该来自于本心。
★原声例句：You also need to understand your audience and clarify your purpose.
你还需要了解你的受众，明确你的目的。
★原声例句：Clarify your purpose. Improve your strategies.
明确你的目标，改进你的策略。
Once you clarify your purpose for doing something, the way to do it becomes clear.
一旦你明确了做某件事的目的，做这件事的方法也就清晰了。
2. 词链儿：take back 收回
=withdraw
He said he would never take back his promise.
他说他绝不取消他的许诺。
I went to the library and took your books back.
我去图书馆把你的书拿回来了。
词链儿：take back what I said 收回我曾说过话
I take back what I said about her: she's not the fool I thought she was.
我收回我说她的话，她并不像我所认为的那样愚蠢。
I'm sorry for being rude to you yesterday; now I take back everything I said.
我很抱歉昨天对你无礼，现在我收回我说的话。
And then I'm gonna take back the bongos.
然后再把邦哥鼓收回。
图片源自《绝望主妇》
How many lives are you willing to destroy to take back what you think is yours?
你打算毁掉多少人的生活来拿回你认为是你的东西？
图片源自《黑吃黑》
3. locus of control 人生控制观
locus noun. 核心、中心
Barcelona is the locus of Spanish industry.
巴塞罗那是西班牙工业中心。
external locus of control 外控观
internal locus of control 内控观
他们决定控制自己的生活，而不是让外部世界控制他们，而仅仅是这一点就让他们眼中的世界发生了翻天覆地的变化。
An "external locus of control," believing that outside forces determine the course of life, has been linked to depression in latter years, she said.
她说，相信外在力量决定生命之旅的“外在控制的基因位点”与晚年沮丧的情绪有关。
活学活用:
请用 clarify your purpose 随意造句
《如何找到生活的目标》（How to Find Purpose in Your Life | Robert Quinn）:罗伯特·奎因博士分享了永恒的智慧，告诉你如何过上目标导向的生活，为你带来最大的幸福。
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