跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀第409期

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When something bad happens, there's no point in wishing it had not happened. The only option is to minimise the damage.

語音講解

今日發音練習重點：

1. bad 英音中的/æ/有發成/a/的傾向；
2. only的英美音區別：/ˈəʊnli/ /ˈoʊnli/；
3. wishing it had not happened中 it had 弱讀。

言之有物
1.詞鏈兒： there's no point in... XX是沒用的
拓展：和point有關的口語表達
You have a point.
You got a point.
What's your point?
There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.
如果不能偶爾孩子氣一下,那長大就沒有意義了。
There's no point in worrying about it.
沒什麼可擔心的.
2. 詞鏈兒：wish it had not happened 希望它沒發生過
I really wish it had not happened.
我真希望這件事沒發生過。
3. 詞鏈兒：The only option is to...唯一的選擇就是...
類似詞鏈兒：
the only thing we can do is...
all we can do is...
all is left to do is...
4.詞鏈兒：minimise the damage 減少損失
minimise/minimize 把…減至最低數量/程度
後一般接帶有負面色彩名詞：不利影響、損失等
常見搭配：
minimise damage/risks/costs/loss
To minimise loss and risk, we need co-operation with other companies in risky investments.
爲了將損失和風險降到最低，我們需要在有風險的投資上與其他公司合作。
We must not minimize the problem of racial discrimination.
我們不能低估種族歧視的問題。
We must do everything we can to minimise these avoidable trage dies.
我們必須竭盡所能，設法減少這些本可避免的悲劇發生。
反義詞：maximize