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学习10个高级英语表达，帮助你更自然地谈论思考和决策。适合中级和高级学习者，提升口语表达和逻辑思维能力，尤其适用于雅思、剑桥等考试。
Hi there.
你好！
This is Harry.
这是哈利。
Welcome back to Advanced English Lessons with Harry, where I tried to help you to get a better understanding of the English language.
欢迎回到由哈里主持的“高级英语课程”中。在这门课程中，我致力于帮助大家更好地理解英语这门语言。
So in this advanced English lesson, we're looking at expressions and phrases and words about thinking okay everything connected with thinking.
在这节高级英语课程中，我们学习了与思考相关的表达、短语和词汇——总之，所有与思考有关的内容都会被涵盖。
So I'll give you them and then I'll give you an example as to how you might use them.
那么，我会先把它们交给你们，然后再举一个例子，说明你们可以如何使用它们。
We've got ten in total.
我们总共有十个（东西）。
So I'll go through them one by Okay.
那么，我就逐一讲解它们吧。好的。
Let's get going.
我们开始吧。
Number one, a rational thinker.
首先，他是一个理性思考者。
Well, when we refer to somebody as a rational thinker, they think everything through logically.
当我们称某人为“理性思考者”时，意味着他们会用逻辑的方法来分析一切问题。
It's not irrational, they think it through logically.
他们的想法并非不合理，而是经过逻辑推理得出的。
They see what the implications are and then they make the decision.
他们会了解这些决策可能带来的影响，然后再做出决定。
Then they plan.
然后他们开始制定计划。
So rational means something that is well thought out, something that will work.
因此，“理性的”意味着某件事经过了深思熟虑，且确实能够行之有效（即能够达到预期的目的）。
Perhaps it may not always work, but it's done in a very logical way, very rational, not somebody just thinking off the top of the head.
也许这种方法并不总是有效，但其运作方式非常合乎逻辑、非常理性——而不是凭空想出来的主意。
So they give it a lot of thought, a lot of consideration and a lot of planning.
因此，他们会花大量的时间去思考、斟酌和制定详细的计划。
So somebody could be described as a very rational thinker who takes a bit of time before he gives an answer,
因此，有人可以被描述为一个非常理性的思考者：他在给出答案之前会花一些时间来仔细考虑。
but he doesn't like to give quick answers because he likes to consider the situation from both sides and then give his view or opinions,
但他不喜欢给出草率的回答，因为他喜欢从双方的角度来考虑问题，然后再表达自己的观点或看法。
and therefore he could be described by colleagues and classmates or family as a rational thinker.
因此，他的同事、同学以及家人都认为他是一个理性思考的人。
He never makes quick decisions.
他从不草率地做出决定。
Number two, on a whim, when we do something on a whim, we usually do it without really thinking or considering.
其次，当我们一时冲动之下做出某件事时，往往是没有经过深思熟虑的。
I just woke up one morning and thought, it's time I had a holiday.
有一天早上我醒来后想：“是时候去度个假了。
So I booked a holiday and I left the next day and it was the best thing I ever did.
于是我预订了一次假期，并在第二天就出发了。这真的是我做过的最棒的事情。
I just did it on a whim.
我只是一时兴起才这么做的。
I don't know, I must have been dreaming about it, but when I woke up and I told my wife,
我不知道……我肯定是在做梦吧。但当我醒来后把这件事告诉了我的妻子……
just get the bags packed, we'll go to the airport.
把行李都打包好，我们就去机场。
We're heading off for the weekend and we really enjoy ourselves.
我们正准备去度周末，真的很享受这段时光。
And I don't usually do things on a whim, but I thought I would be a little bit spontaneous this time.
我通常不会凭一时冲动就做决定，但这次我想稍微表现得有点 spontaneity（即更随性、更自然一些）。
So to do something on a whim is to do it very quickly, without thinking, without having any planning.
因此，一时兴起之下做某件事，就是非常迅速地行动起来，不经过思考，也没有任何计划。
You just get this notion in your mind and off you go.
你只需要把这个想法记在心里，然后就开始行动了。
You do it on a whim.
你完全是出于一时冲动才这么做的。
People can resign from their jobs on a whim.
人们可能会一时兴起就辞职。
They have a row with somebody, or they're just not.
他们可能与某人发生了争执，或者干脆就是没有发生任何争执。
They haven't been feeling happy in the job for a long time, so they suddenly decide, that's it.
他们已经很久对这份工作感到不开心了，于是突然决定：“够了，不再干了。
I've had enough.
我受够了。
I'm going to do.
我打算去做这件事。
I'm going to travel for six months, or I'm going to just give up working for a while.
我打算旅行六个月，或者干脆暂时放弃工作。
And then I look for something that really, really suits me.
然后，我会寻找真正适合我的东西。
So they go in and they hand in their resignation and the boss as well.
于是他们走进去，递交了自己的辞职信，同时也把老板的辞职信也交了上去。
This is very quick.
这个过程非常快。