10.21早读 |史蒂夫·哈维：男性的一个重要品质——言出必行

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 个人素质

2. 领导素质

3. 提高生活质量

4. 说到做到

10.21 早读原文

One quality you want a man to have: does he do what he says he's going to do?

英音讲解 00:50，美音讲解 02:35，词汇讲解04 :20

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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. 重弱搭配 does he do what he says he's going to do

2. going 词内元元连读带出/w/音；

3. 区分 say says said的发音。

言之有物

1. 词汇：quality n. 质量，品质；品德，素质

Much of the land was of poorquality.

很多地的土质很差。

She has many goodqualities.

她有很多优点。

individual quality

个人素质/品质

the qualities of honesty and independence

诚实、独立的品性

拓展表达：improve the quality of life

提高生活质量/品质

Their quality of life improved dramatically when they moved to France.

他们移居法国以后，生活质量大大提高。

Everyone can greatly improve the quality of life.

每个人都可以大大改善生活质量。

2. 词链儿：do what he says he's going to do 说到做到

近义表达：

do what one says

live up to one's words

match one's deeds to one's words

act on what one says

be as good as one's word

keep one's word/promise

...

拓展表达：a man/woman/of his/her/word

言出必行的人；说话算数的人

He's always been a man of his word.

他从来都是个说话算话的人。

原声例句：He's the kind of guy who will do what he has promised.

他是那种说到做到的人。

原声例句：He always does what he says he will do–like helping me with the decorating.

他一直都说到做到，比如，他帮我装修了。

We know him as a man of his word.

我们都了解他是个有信用的人。

图片源自《教父》

A demon is only as good as his word.

恶魔必须要信守诺言。

图片源自《明日传奇》

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请用【“说到做到”对应的任意英文表达】随意造句

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