1.4 早读 | 路虽远，行则将至；事虽难，做则必成

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 路虽远

2. 到达目的地

3. 坚持到底

4. 致力于XX

5. 完成工作

1.4 早读原文

Long as the journey is, we will reach our destination if we stay the course;

difficult as the task is, we will get the job done if we keep working at it.

英音讲解 01:00，美音讲解03:55，词汇讲解05:10

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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. reach 包含/i:/紧元音；

2. destination -tion结尾的多音节单词重音一般落在-tion前的音节上；population congratulation decoration foundation ...；

3. done 包含易错难发音组 /ʌn/，不要发成“荡”或者“但”；

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1. 词链儿：

long as the journey is 路虽远

difficult as the task is 事虽难

as 表转折：尽管；虽然；即使

Happy as they were, there was something missing.

尽管他们很快乐，但总缺少点什么。

点击跳转回顾【行路难】

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/TbRyTEUXx7fWkhvvV9PDkg

2. 词链儿：

reach our destination

get the job done

① reach our destination

到达目的地

The journey ahead is long and arduous but with determined steps, we will reach our destination.

道阻且长，行则将至。

We are working as quickly as we can, but quickness will not get the job done.

我们正在尽可能快地做出改变，但是速度无法保证质量。

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

② get the job done

完成工作

Get the job done in three days.

尽着三天把事情办好。

3. 词链儿：

stay the course

keep working at XX

① stay the course

〔克服困难〕坚持到底

Dieters should try hard to stay the course.

节食者应该努力坚持到底。

Despite the pain, I stayed the course walking a bit and then running again.

尽管很疼，我还是坚持走了一会儿，然后又跑了起来。

原声例句：You still have to stay the course and forge your own path.

你还是要坚持到底并开拓自己的路。

原声例句：Why shouldn't I stay the course?

我为什么不坚持到底呢？

"Staying the course."

"Maintaining the course."

And "Blazing a path to a new future."

“保持现状。”

“维持现状。”

和“开辟新道路，迎接新未来。”

图片源自《神烦警探》

Stay the course, sir.

坚持住，长官。

图片源自《雪人奇缘》

② keep working at XX

不断努力改善XX，致力于XX

I learned that you had to make sacrifices and live creatively to keep working at your dreams.

我懂得了，要追求梦想，就得做出牺牲，有创意地生活。

After another year you will have very good English skills, as long as you keep working at it.

只要你坚持练习，一年后你的英语就相当不错了。

点击跳转回顾【坚强点，别管别人怎么说。低头专心干自己的事，把工作当成你的朋友 Keep your head down and keep working. 】

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/MAF35dm2-CUqk2Kk2rApwg

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