When you have an opportunity to try something, always take it. Because the worst that can happen is you don't like it.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. when /wen/ 不要发成“问”;
包含同样音组的单词:ten den pen hen...
2. is you 可词间连读同化/z/+/j/=/?/
言之有物:
1. 词链儿:have/get an opportunity to do XX
有做XX的机会
更口语可说:get to do XX
回顾【Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again.】
We have an opportunity to exchange views tomorrow.
明天我们将有机会交换看法。
Those in need must have an opportunity to make a living for themselves.
那些需要帮助的人必须有谋生的机会。
When you have the opportunity to do something, you have to jump on it.
当你有机会做某事时,你必须抓住它。
拓展:与 opportunity 相关的搭配:
提供机会:give/offer/provide/present/open up an opportunity
to provide better educational opportunities
提供更好的教育的机会
千载难逢的机会:the opportunity of a lifetime
= a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
For many athletes, the Olympics is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
对许多运动员来说,参加奥运会是千载难逢的机会。
错失机会:lose/miss an opportunity
It was too good an opportunity to miss.
这个机会太好了,不容错过。
2. take it 接受它/把握住这个机会
it指代前文出现的an opportunity
词链儿:take/seize/grasp an opportunity 把握住/抓住机会
When the opportunity came, I seized it with both hands.
当机会来临时,我双手抓住了它。
So clearly you don't know how to seize an opportunity.
显然你不是懂得把握机会的人。
图片源自《打工姐妹花》
We must seize the opportunity to challenge her.
我们一定要借此机会质问她。
图片源自《唐顿庄园》
3. 词链儿:the worst that can happen is (that) XX
最坏的情况(也)就是...
If you call her, the worst that can happen is that you never speak to her again.
打电话给她,最坏的情况也就是你再也不和她说话。
The worst that can happen is you get fired.
可能发生的最糟糕的情况是你被解雇。
What's the worst that could happen?
再差又能怎么样呢?/最糟能怎么样?
★原声例句:But the worst that can happen is that I have to apply to another company.
但可能发生的最糟糕的情况是,我必须申请另一家公司。
★原声例句:The worst that can happen is that they'll just say no.
最坏的结果就是他们会拒绝。
-Go tell him he's cute. What's the worst that could happen?
-He could hear me.
-去告诉他他很可爱。最坏会发生什么?
-他能听到我说话。
图片源自电影《小偷遇上贼》
I guess the worst thing that can happen is you get called up by the board of review and possibly lose your medical license.
我想最坏的结果就是你被审查委员会传唤可能会被吊销行医执照。
图片源自《肯恩医生烦不烦》
活学活用:
请用 the worst that can happen is (that) XX 随意造句
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