12.22 早读 | 礼节和传统都很好，但如果它们开始控制我们，它们也就失去用处了

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 好倒是好

2. ...已不再有用

3. 她比她丈夫多活了20年

12.22 早读原文

Manners and tradition are all very well, but once they start to control us, they've outlived their usefulness.

英音讲解00:45，美音讲解02:50，词汇讲解05:20

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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. manners and tradition are(r) all... 注意词间连贯；

2. control us 词间连读，control/kənˈtrəʊl/ 包含易错难发音组/əʊl/，发音时舌侧音不要丢；

3. outlive /aʊtˈlɪv/ 重音在第二音节。

言之有物

1. 词链儿：all very well 好倒是好

英文释义：good, but not good enough or not good in every situation

Acceptable, with room for improvement.

=all well and good

It's all very well to go to the gym, but you need to change your diet too if you want to improve your overall health.

去健身房锻炼倒是不错，但如果你想整体变得更健康，还需要改变饮食习惯。

2. 词链儿：outlive one's usefulness

=to become no longer useful

...已不再有用

The docks have outlived their usefulness.

这些码头已经没用了。

词汇：outlive v. 比…活得长；比…经久

She outlived her husband by 20 years.

她比她丈夫多活了20年。

影视原声视频：

I submit that the library, as an institution, has outlivedits usefulness.

我认为图书馆，作为一个机构，已是形同虚设。

影视片段《图书馆员》

影视原声视频：

So we've outlivedour usefulness? We'll be replaced by a push of a button, is that it?

所以我们都过时无用了吗？我们会被一个按钮换掉，对吗？

影视片段《疑犯追踪》

活学活用

请用outlive one's usefulness 随意造句

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