1117早读-语音及词汇讲解

11.17 早读  It is better to be patient and get what you desire in the right time, than have high office thrust upon you when you are not ready.
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语音讲解
单词发音
patient  /ˈpeɪʃənt/
desire  /dɪˈzaɪə $ -ˈzaɪr/
thrust /θrʌst/
连词发音
what you desire in /wɒtʃʊdɪˈzaɪərɪn/
轻读重读
  重读：patient/desire/thrust/ready
  弱读：to/and/what/the/than/are
词汇讲解
1.high office noun.
释义：要职
注意：身居要职 have/hold a high office
例句：He has a high office in the government.
他在政府部门中担任高级职务。
She held high office in the last government.
她在上届政府担任高层的官员。

拓展：high up in XX  在XX业界地位很高
如果说一个人在广告业很有声望，就可以说He/She is very high up in advertising.
He started from nothing but he is now high up in society.
他白手起家，如今在社会上地位很高。

拓展 head office/headquarter 总部 总公司

例句：The company moved its corporate headquarters to Houston.
公司将总部搬到了休斯顿。
顺序：holding company/parent company 总公司 >headquarter/ head office总部>affiliate/branch/subsidiary分部或子公司/department部门>segment分部>office办公室 >group组>team团队

2.thrust verb.

释义：猛推; 逼迫; 强行推入; 延伸;
例句：
They thrust him into a car.
他们把他硬塞进了车里。

3. have something done
have sth.done的意思是完成某件事,但是这件事并不是主语本身来完成,而是交由别人来做.
举2个例子
I have my photographs taken.
我照了像(别人拿着我的相机帮我照的）

I have my photographs developed.
我洗了相片(也是别人帮我洗的）（注意：洗相片用develop）

活学活用
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