An education is the remaking of a person. You can submit to that remaking passively, or you can take an active part. To choose the second is to remake yourself. To choose the first is to be made by others.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

言之有物：

1. 词链儿：the remaking of a person

一个人的重塑/改造

re- 再，重新

remake v. 重新制作 n. 新版，改编版

redo v. 重写

reuse v. 重新使用

词链儿：remake XX 重塑XX

Yours is not the task of making your way in the world, but the task of remaking the world.

你们的使命不是让自己在这个世界有立足之地，而是要重塑这个世界。

From the fire she was reborn to remake the world.

她从火焰中重生，将重塑这个世界。

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2. 词链儿：submit to XX (passively)

(被动地)同意XX/顺从XX

She refused to submit to threats.

面对威胁，她拒不低头。

He submitted voluntarily to arrest.

他束手就擒。

to submit to an opponent

向对手投降

3. 词链儿：take/play an active part/role (in XX)

积极参与；采取主动

Encourage students to take an active part in discussions.

要鼓励学生积极参与讨论。

★原声例句：Take an active part in your education by planning for it ahead of time.

通过提前计划，积极参与你的教育。

★原声例句：You take an active part in establishing family rules and discipline.

你积极参与建立家庭规则和纪律。

Everyone felt like they could take an active role in helping me to get well.

每个人都让人觉得，他们能起到积极的作用。

图片源自《TED》

I will play no active part in this.

我绝不要主动参与此事。

图片源自《唐顿庄园》

近义表达：take the initiative

Why don't you take the initiative and ask him out?

为什么你不主动请他外出约会呢？

回顾【take the initiative 采取主动】

活学活用：

请用 take/play an active part/role (in XX) 随意造句

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