【每日一练】have my heart set on

下决心要做某个事，这是每个人都经常会碰到的，那是下个小小的决心呢？还是下一个很坚定的决心、矢志不移？如果是后者，你可以用以下短语来表达你的强烈决心：

have my heart set on…

“have one’s heart set on + n./ V-ing”意指“want something so much that nothing will prevent getting it”，即为“一心要……；决心要……”，无论什么都不能阻挡。短语后面一般接名词，或者是动词的ing形式，表达决心要做的事。

这个短语很地道，也是托福等留学考试的常考点。

I’ve had my heart set on becoming a doctor
ever since I was a little girl.

我从小就立志要当一名医生。

My wife had her heart set on a red car, but only blue and yellow were available.

我的妻子一心想要红颜色的汽车，可是只能买到蓝的和黄的。

We had our hearts set on going to Hawaii this winter,
but our daughter got sick and we couldn’t go.
我们本来打算今年冬天无论如何也要去夏威夷，但是女儿病了，未能去成。

【注意：主语是复数时，heart也要用复数。】

A: I’m trying to talk Jane out of studying abroad
next semester.

我正在劝说珍妮，让她不要下学期去留学。

B: That’s a lost cause.
You know Jane when she has her heart set on something.

你注定会失败的。
你知道珍妮决定要做的事是改变不了的。

【托福听力题】

A: I really want to see the play
at the outdoor theater tonight.
Will you come with me?

今晚我真想去看露天剧院的那场戏。
一块儿去吗？

B: You know I hate battling all those mosquitoes,
but if you have your heart set on it.

你知道我讨厌不停地驱赶那些蚊子，不过你要是一心想去的话，我就跟你去。

【托福听力题】

Is there anything you have your heart set on doing? If so, speak it out!

有什么事是你一心要做的吗？有的话就大声地用这个句型说出来吧！

Now it's your time to open your mouth and practice!

张开嘴巴练起来！

Have fun learning English!

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