Everything has a purpo, even machines. Clocks tell the time and trains take you places. They do what they mean to do. Maybe that's why broken machines make me so sad. They can't do what they meant to do. Maybe it's the same with people. If you lo your purpo, it's like you are broken.
一切事物都有使命，就连机器也是一样。钟要报时，火车要带你去往目的地。他们都在做着本职的工作。也许这就是为什么机器坏掉我会这么难过。这样他们就不能尽到自己的职责了。也许人也是一样的。如果你的生活毫无目的，就好像你坏掉了一样。
Right after my father died, I would come up here a lot. I'd imagine the whole world was one big machine. Machines never come with any extra parts, you know. They always come with the exact amount they need. So I figure if the entire world was one big machine, I couldn't be an extra part. I had to be here for some reason. And that means you have to be here for some reason, too.
我父亲死后，我经常到这儿来。我会想象世界就是一个大机器。机器不会有多余的零件。他们永远都是需要多少就有多少。所以我觉得，如果世界是个大机器，那我就不可能是多余的。我一定有存在的理由。这就是说，你一定也有存在的理由。
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保家卫国的诗句一. Everything has a purpo, even machines.
Purpo：n. 目的，决心，意图，议题 vt. 打算，决意
【词语用法】
purpo作名词指“目的”时，注意在for charitable purpos等词组中，使用复数形式purpos；
purpo作名词在for (the) purpos of travel等词组中也使用复数形式，且定冠词the通常略去；
purpo前面有物主代词时，注意后面跟介词in。
My purpo in writng the book purpo.
名词purpo的三种固定用法：be to the/little/no purpo，do something to some/much/no/little purpo，rve the/my purpo；
purpo作动词时，后面可跟不定式，动名词或that从句。
I purpo giving/to give the committee all the details.
尿酸低是什么原因我决定把细节都告诉委员会。
顶天立地的近义词We purpo that such disasters shall not occur again.
我们决意不让悲剧重演。
【例句用法】
1. She ems to do the things on purpo.
她似乎是有意地做这些事。
2. He purpod to visit South America.
他计划去南美。
3.Did you come to London for the purpo of eing your family, or for business purpos?
手臂训练你到伦敦来的目的是为了要看望家人还是为了公事？
【词义辨析】
aim, goal, purpo, end, target, object, objective,
aim: 从本义“靶子”引申而来，侧重比较具体而明确的目标，但常指短期目标。
goal: 指经过考虑和选择，需经坚持不懈的努力奋斗才能达到的最终目标。
purpo: 普通用词，既指以坚决、审慎的行动去达到的目的，又指心中渴望要实现的目标。
end: 指心目中
怀着的某种目的，强调结果而非过程。较正式用词。
target: 指射击的靶，军事攻击目标。引申指被攻击、批评或嘲笑的目标。
object: 强调个人或需求而决定的目标、目的。
objective: 与object基本同义，但语义更广泛，指具体或很快能达到的目的，也可指军事目标。书面用词。
【错句举例与错句分析】
shop现在分词错句：What is your purpo of going abroad?
纠正：What is your purpo in going abroad?
翻译：什么是你出国的目的？
分析：purpo作名字时，前面有物主代词时，后面跟介词in，而不是of。
二．Machines never come with any extra parts, you know.
come with：伴随…发生
【短语词组】
come up with 赶上，提出
come through vt. 获得大胜利(大为成功)
come out with clean hands 洁身自好
come to grips with v. 揪成一团，认真对待
come off with flying colors 大告成功，大获胜利
come out with 出版，说出
come in with vt. 参与商业冒险活动
come into disgrace with 丧失体面，蒙受耻辱
come face to face 与某人碰头
三．So I figure if the entire world was one big machine, I couldn't be an extra part.
Figure：n. 图形，数字，外形，体型，形状，人物，塑像，图表，（冰上表演动作的）花样
种植方法v. 是重要部分，认为，演算，领会到
【词语用法】
figure out和figure up意思相近，在美国英语中解释为“计算”或“估计”。无任
They have figured out(up) how much would be required.
figure on在美国英语中则解释为“估计到”或“指望”。
【例句用法】
1. John isn't here today.'That figures, he looked very unwell yesterday.'
“约翰今天没来.”“怪不得，他昨天就好像不太舒服.”
2.The skater executed a perfect t of figures.
那个滑冰的人做出了一套完美的花样动作。
3.Mahatma Gandhi was both a political and a religious figure in Indian history.
甘地在印度历史上是政治和宗教要人。
4.They figured it was better to stay where they were.
他们断定还是呆在原地好。
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