719早读-语音及词汇讲解

7.19 早读 Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. ——James Baldwin

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说的漂亮

今日语音练习重点：

their elders 连读

failed 单词发音

逻辑重音：imitate

言之有物

1. be good at XX 擅长XX/善于XX

后接名词/动名词

I used to be good at cricket, but now I'm out of practice.

我板球曾打得很好，可惜现在已生疏了。

You have to be good at spotting trouble on the way and heading it off.

你必须善于发现潜在的麻烦并加以化解。

2. elder noun. 长辈/长者

John is very well respected in the community. He is a village elder.

John 在社区里非常受大家尊重。他是村里的长老。

listen to the elders 听老人言

拓展：old elder elderly senior

old可以用来形容人或事物，后三个单词只能形容人。

These are some old toys. 旧玩具

My mom is getting old. 年老

用在人身上时，elderly=old（elderly更礼貌）年迈的、上了岁数的

an old patient=an elderly patient 年纪大的病人

elder=older 年纪较长的

Sarah is my elder sister. =my older sister 我的姐姐（年纪比我大）

Sarah is my elderly sister. 我年迈的姐姐（elderly adj. 年老的）

senior adj. 资深的、级别或地位较高的

The company is promoting more women into senior manager roles.

公司正在提拔更多的女性职员成为高级经理。

She is slightly senior, and therefore thinks she's in charge of me. 她入行也就比我稍早一点，就觉得是我上司了。

3. ail to XX 没能做成XX/不能XX

He was not such a fool as to fail toseethatpoint.

他并不是连那一点都看不出来的傻瓜。

It was you who failed to specify when or where. 你没说什么地方、什么时候。

Most people don't plan to fail, they fail to plan.

没有人想要失败，人们往往是因为计划不周而失败（未能好好计划）。