3.2早读 | 千万不要和愚蠢的人争辩，他们会把你拉至他们的层次，然后凭经验击败你

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 我们总是为钱吵嘴。

2. 她把他拉下了水。

3. 故意拖拉

4. 我们的对手胜过了我们。

3.2 早读原文

Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

– Mark Twain, Writer

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音标符号来自权威词典| Longman Dictionary

今日发音练习重点：

1. stupid people /ɪ/ /iː/ 不要混淆

2. bit beat /ɪ/ /iː/ 不要混淆

3. drag 不要发成 拽g /æ/ 单元音，固定口型不滑动

4. never argue stupid people level 节奏均为 DAda

言之有物

1. argue with XX

→ argue with sb (about/over sth) 与某人争论

We're alwaysarguing witheach other about money.

我们总是为钱吵嘴。

→ argue with sth 不同意（说法）；不承认（表述）

He's a really successful man—you can't argue with that.

他是一个真正成功的人，你不得不承认这个事实。

2. 词链儿：drag XX down (to one's level) 使XX堕落（到XX的地步）

drag XX down〔坏人或坏事〕把…拖下水，使…堕落

Don't let them drag you downto their level.

别让他们把你带坏，使你堕落到他们那种地步。

They implied that Bill would drag me down to his level.

他们暗示比尔会把我拉到跟他一样的水平。

She dragged him down with her.

她把他拉下了水。

拓展：drag your feet/heels 故意拖拉；故意延迟

拓展：stoop to one's level 降低到XX的档次

Don’t stoop to her level.

别把自己降低到她的档次。

原声例句：No matter what you do, don't let them get to you, or allow them to drag you down to their level.

无论你做什么，不要让他们影响到你，或者让他们把你拉低到和他们一样的水平。

原声例句：We're faced with so many different challenges that just seem to try to drag us down.

我们面临着太多不同的挑战，这些挑战似乎要把我们拖垮。

I try and drag them down to my level.

我试着把他们拉到我的水平。

图片源自《善地》

He doesn't even need fire to drag you down, to drag me down.

他甚至不需要用火来拖垮你我。

图片源自《火线》

3. beat v. 胜过；打败；打

Our opponents beat us.

我们的对手胜过了我们。

beat sb with sth 用XX打某人

They beat me with an electric cable.

他们用电线抽打我。

to beat with a stick

用棍子打

活学活用

请用drag XX down (to one's level) 随意造句

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