精读|罗恩与魔法象棋 第5期

If everyone expects certain things of you, it's hard to feel in control of your own choices. Chess might be an unpredictable game, but when Ron is directing his pieces around that chessboard it's just him and his opponent.Ron can be impulsive, reckless and irrational.

如果每个人都对你有所期望，你就很难对自己的选择有所掌控。但国际象棋是一种不可预测的游戏，当罗恩在棋盘上指挥棋子时，那里只有他和他的对手。罗恩可以是冲动的，鲁莽的和不理智的。

• in control 控制，管理；同近义短语：be in charge of sth. 负责；管理；例：Sth be in the charge of sb .   某事在某人的管理下…

• unpredictable 不可预知的；出乎意料的；我们可以说：unpredictable nature 变换莫测的大自然；例：But, of the vertebrates, unpredictable Nature selected only snakes.   然而，在脊椎动物中，大自然神秘莫测只选择了蛇。

• opponent 此处作名词为 对手；敌手；同近义词：enemy 敌人，仇敌；Her political enemies were quick to pick up on this series of disasters.  她的政敌很快注意到这一系列的灾难。

• impulsive 意为 冲动的；受感情驱使的；任性的；例：He is too impulsive to be a responsible mayor.  他太容易冲动，无法成为一个可靠的市长。
  

• reckless 意为 鲁莽的，不顾后果的；粗心大意的；拓展短语：reckless driving 鲁莽驾驶；驾驶疏忽；例：He'd arranged for his client to pay a stiff fine for charges of DWI and reckless driving.   他安排客户为他酒后驾车和鲁莽行驶交付高额罚款。

知识点回顾

1. in control 的同近义短语是哪个？

2. “变幻莫测的大自然”应该如何表达？

3. reckless driving 是什么意思？