每日口說挑戰做事總是怕被批評、不夠有自信？透過梵谷的經歷讓你更有信心！（Van Gogh As a Guide to Confidence）

Hi, everyone, this is Susan; welcome to today’s Pronunciation Challenge. We are all well aware of some of Vincent van Gogh’s greatest works, including "The Starry Night" and "Sunflowers". Did you know, though, despite him now being considered one of the greatest artists who ever existed, he was greatly underappreciated during his time and no one wanted his paintings? This goes to show that you don’t need others’ approval to actually be great, and that’s the message of this video. Before you rush off to watch, let's take a look at today's sentence and its pronunciation tips.

Sentence
If there are ways in which we are presently neglected and criticized, we should be wholly unsurprised and, more importantly, unfrightened.

Pronunciation Tips
1. neglected (the pronunciation of the vowels)
2. criticized (the pronunciation of the c and z)
3. wholly (the pronunciation of wh)
4. unfrightened (the pronunciation of un, gh)

Vocabulary
1. presently (adv) 目前 KK [ˋprɛzntlɪ] IPA /ˈprez.ənt.li/
now, at the present time
Eg. We have built 6 hotels around the country, but presently, only 1 is in operation.
我們在全國建造了 6 間飯店，但目前只有 1 間營運中。

You might sometimes feel bad that you don’t seem to be appreciated for what you’ve done, and that’s totally understandable. If that happens, think about van Gogh’s experience, and that just might make you feel that much better. Don't forget to record today’s sentence, and I'll see you in the next episode!

☺If there are ways in which we are presently neglected and criticized, we should be wholly unsurprised and, more importantly, unfrightened.
如果我們目前碰到了被忽視或被責備的狀況，完全不要覺得驚訝，而且更重要的是，不要害怕。

If there are ways in which we are presently neglected and criticized, we should be wholly unsurprised and, more importantly, unfrightened.

If there are ways in which we are presently neglected and criticized, we should be wholly unsurprised and, more importantly, unfrightened.

If there are ways in which we are presently neglected and criticized, we should be wholly unsurprised and, more importantly, unfrightened.
如果我們目前有被忽視和責備的狀況，我們應該完全不要驚訝，更重要的是要不受驚嚇。