5.03 早读 If you wanna change the world, start off by making your bed.
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说的漂亮
今日语音练习重点:
1. 注意change不要发成“趁之”。掌握双元音/eɪ/的发音。
2. off /ɒ/。不要弱读。
言之有物
1. start off (by) doing XX 从…开始;从…着手
I started off by drawing the flowers I had collected.
Joe Loss started off playing piano background music for silent films in the 1920s.
乔·洛斯先是于20世纪20年代为无声电影弹奏钢琴背景音乐。
拓展:start/get off on the wrong/right foot 一开始就很顺利/不顺
I know we started off on the wrong foot when I was a half hour late to the interview, but I promise that I will always be on time once I start working here. 我知道我面试就迟到半小时,没开个好头,但是我保证以后上班一定准时。
2. make your bed 整理床铺
You should make your bed before you go to school.
你上学之前应该把床铺整理好。
引申含义→自己造成的结果需要自己来承受
You make your bed, you sleep in it!
你自己的事,自己处理吧!
As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.
这是你自作自受。