1. 认识这个词(基础篇)
词:hurdle
英英释义:a problem or difficulty that you must deal with before you can achieve something
例句:Life is all about jumping over one hurdle after another.
2. 体会这个词 (进阶篇)
“hurdle”是可数名词,本意是“栏架”,常被引申为“障碍”,常见、好用、形象。当我们想表达“克服XX障碍”“解决XX问题”时,除了使用 problem、difficulty、obstacle 外,还可以使用 hurdle。
我们经常会说,生活就是解决一个又一个问题,不断往前走的过程,就可以这么说:
Life is all about jumping over one hurdle after another and keeping moving on.(注意 and 连接的 jumping 和 keeping 的一致性。)
hurdle 前面经常搭配的动词除了上面的 jump over,还有 clear、overcome等。比如创业会面临一系列的挑战,例如融资、招人、持续增长等。我们就可以这么说:
To run a start-up, one needs to clear a series of hurdles, and securing enough funding is simply one of them.
通常还可以在 hurdle 前面加上一个形容词,来说明是哪方面的障碍。上面的句子也可以改写成:
Every entrepreneur has to clear the financial hurdle to get their project started.(hurdle 前面用 financial 修饰,说明是资金方面的障碍。)再比如,我们想说“滴滴在刚开始的时候需要搞定政府监管”,“政府监管”就可以说成是“regulatory hurdle”:
When Didi, a Chinese cab-hailing app, first started, it had to overcome the regulatory hurdle.
3. 从认识到会用(作业)
1)使用《牛津英语搭配词典》查“hurdle”,了解它作为名词时的常用搭配。
2)翻译下面的句子:
中国学生申请赴美留学面临的一大障碍是托福考试。
TOEFL test is one of the biggest hurdles faced by Chinese students who are applying for the universities in the US.
(参考翻译:A big hurdle that Chinese students who wish to study in the US face is TOEFL. 或 To get admitted to US colleges, Chinese students have to clear a difficult hurdle: TOEFL, an English language proficiency test.)
3)结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等,想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景,再造句。
例子: A big hurdle to be cleared for me is to find the balance between family, work and study.
场景 :