314早读-语音及词汇讲解

3.14 早读 We may be small in numbers, but we stand for something bigger than anything the world can pit against us.

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说的漂亮

今日语音练习重点：

重音位置，根据意思判断：may/anything

言之有物

1. small in numbers 数量上来说是小的——人数不多

large in numbers 人数众多

2. stand for

表示/代表→ What does ATM stand for?

支持/主张→ He hasn't a leg to stand for this theory of his.

他的这种理论是站不住脚的。

忍受/容忍→ I won't stand for this kind of behavior!

3. pit against XX 与XX相斗

noun. 洞/坑/井

We dug a deep pit in the yard.

我们在院子中挖了个深洞。

拓展：the pits 品质低劣的物品

The hotel we stayed in was the pits!

我們住的飯店實在太糟糕了！

pit verb. 使挖坑、打洞

pit against XX 使竞争、使较量

The climbers pitted themselves against the mountain.

攀登者与大山一教高下。

It is a chance to pit your wits against the world champions (= in a test of your intelligence)

这是一次与世界冠军斗智的机会。