You should think of the word 'depressed' as 'deep rest'. Your body needs to be depressed. It needs deep rest from the character that you've been trying to play.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

言之有物：

1. 词链儿：think of A as B

把A当做B/认为A是B

近义表达：

consider A as B

regard A as B

take A as B

回顾【Think of life like a long-distance race.】

2. 词汇：depressed adj.

沮丧的，消沉的；患抑郁症的；不景气

depress v. 使沮丧，使抑郁

depression n. 抑郁症；沮丧，消沉

回顾【“很丧”的一百种英文表达~】

词链儿：be depressed about XX

She felt very depressed about the future.

她感到前途无望。

You mustn't let yourself get depressed.

你一定不能让自己消沉下去。

回顾【不抑郁并不意味着你没有在挣扎，不倦怠也不意味着你火力全开】

3. 词链儿：take/have/get a (deep) rest from XX

从…中抽身出来(深度)休息

= rest from XX (rest v.)

to have/take a rest from all your hard work

放下繁重的工作，休息一下

The doctor advised him to take a complete rest from football.

医生建议他不要踢足球，彻底休息一下。

区分：take/have a break 间歇；休息

英释：a short period of time when you stop what you are doing and rest

a coffee/lunch/tea break

用咖啡╱午饭╱茶的休息时间

★原声例句：But I need a rest from schoolwork.

但是我放学后需要休息。

★原声例句：This is a time to rest your brain from any worries you've had throughout the day.

这是一个让你的大脑从一整天的烦恼中解脱出来的时候。

While we rest here from travel... you may tell me who you are.

既然我们旅行至此休息，你能否告诉我你到底是谁？

图片源自《地狱之轮》

Rest from pain, and rest from wrong.

忘却伤痛，忘却过错。

图片源自《悲惨世界》

4. 词链儿：play a XX character

扮演XX角色

I wanted to play the character of Danny.

我想演丹尼这个角色。

He often plays sleazy characters.

他经常扮演低俗的角色。

活学活用：

请用 take a rest from XX 随意造句

金·凯瑞（Jim Carrey），1962年1月17日出生于加拿大安大略省纽马克特，加拿大裔美籍演员、编剧、制作人。

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