Lesson 20 Let's not jump to conclusions.我们不能妄下结论。

Part 1 Real Life Situation

使用场景

You're on vacation with your wife.Your wife can't find her earrings.She thinks that they might have been stolen by the cleaning staff.You don't want to accuse anyone of stealing until you're sure that the earrings are gone,so you say this:

你和妻子在度假，你的妻子找不到她的耳环，她认为可能是被清洁人员偷走了。确认耳环丢失前，你不想指责任何人偷窃，所以你这样说：

Let's not jump to conclusions.我们不能妄下结论。

Part 2 Pronunciation and intonation

发音讲解

So,in the sentence,pay attention to the pro-nunciation of these parts.

在这一句中，注意以下部分的发音。

1.The ending consonants of these words are not pronounced:"not" "jump".

1.not 和 jump 结尾的辅音不发音。

2.“to” 弱读为/tə/。

2."To" should be weakened:/tə/.

3.Please,don't pronounce the"con-" in con-clusions as/ˈkɑːn/,it's/kən/,/kənˈkluːʒnz/.

3.请不要将 conclusions 中的“con” 读为/ˈkɑːn/，应该是/kən/，/kənˈkluːʒnz/。

Now,let's focus on tone and intonation.

1.The tone of the whole sentence gradually falls,so the highest pitch is on "let's".

现在，我们重点看看语气和语调。

1.整个句子的语调逐渐下降，所以最高音调是 “let's”。

2.Say it like a warning,because you don't want someone to do it.

2.以一种警告的语气说这句话，因为你不希望有人这样做。

Now,practice,and you will learn to say this sentence like a native speaker.

现在，多加练习，你就能学会像英语母语者一样说这句话了。

Part 3 My explanation

英文讲解

The first expression we will learn is 我们要学习的第1个表达是

jump to conclusions妄下结论

"Jumping to conclusions" means accepting an explanation too quickly.For example,if a co-worker is late for work,you might think that she overslept.However,this would be "jumping to conclusions" because there are other possible ex-planations for why she's late:She might have got-ten in a car accident,for example.

“jumping to conclusions” 表示迅速接受某种解释。例如，如果一个同事上班迟到，你可能会认为她睡过头了。但这可能是 “jumping to con-clusions” （妄下结论），因为还可能有其他原因致使她迟到，比如路上发生了车祸。

Don't jump to conclusions.不要妄下结论。

The second expression we will learn is 我们要学习的第2个表达是

let's not （ do something）我们不要 （做某事）

You can say "let's not…" as a suggestion.For example:

你可以将 “let's not…” 用于提出建议，例如：

Let's not go out tonight.我们今晚不要出门了。

But another way to use"let's not" is as a kind of warning or criticism.For example,when two people are arguing,you can say something like this:

“let's not” 还可以用于警告或批评。例如，当两个人吵架时，你可以说：

Guys，let's not fight.朋友们，别吵了。