跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第1051期

Good intentions are worthless unless they lead to good actions.

語音講解：

今日發音練習重點：

1. worthless / unless 兩詞雖都包含less，但發音不同

2. lead 作“指引”時元音爲/i:/；作“鉛”時元音爲/e/

言之有物：

1. intention 意圖、想法、初衷

good intention 好的意圖、想法

Good intention alone is not enough.

光有好的意願還不夠。

It is a very foolish gesture, made under the guise of a good intention.

（詞鏈兒：under the guise of XX 在XX的僞裝下）

這示意很愚蠢，還僞裝成好意。

A mere expression of good intention does not mean that the man is doing the right thing.

只是表現出好意不代表他在做好事。

動詞：intend 打算、計劃

用法：intend to do something 打算做某事

I don't intend to.../It's not my intention to... 我並不打算...

I've no intention of changing my plans just to fit in with his.

（詞鏈兒：have no intention of... 沒有...的計劃）

（詞鏈兒：fit in with XX 迎合/適應XX）

我沒打算爲了迎合他的計劃，而改變自己的計劃。

He's full of good intentions, but he never does anything about them!

他好想法很多，但從沒實踐過。

My intentions were good.

我的初衷是好的。

The Nolan Foundation, despite their good intentions...

儘管Nolan基金會是出於好意...

圖片源自《返老還童》

2. worthless adj. 毫無價值的、沒用的

近義詞：good for nothing / valueless / useless

反義詞：worthy / worthwhile

He said the jewels were worthless fakes.

他說這些珠寶是些不值錢的假貨。

She was criticized so much by her employers that she began to feel worthless.

她被老闆指責，開始感到一無是處。

You were born worthless and you will die worthless.

你生來就一文不值，死後也一文不值。

圖片源自《阿拉丁》

3. 詞鏈兒：lead to 通往/導向/導致

通往→ This path leads to the other side of the forest.

這條路通向森林的另一邊。

促成→ His volunteer work in the hospital led to a career in nursing.

他的醫院志願者工作指引他成爲了一名護士。

活學活用：

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