跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第257期
时间：2019-02-13 作者：英语课 分类：跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读
英语课
A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?
语音讲解
单词发音
man n.人；男人；人类；丈夫；雇工
reach n.范围；延伸；河段；横风行驶
exceed vt.超过；胜过
连词发音
should exceed his
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重读：reach/exceed/ heaven/for
弱读：should/his/or/a
词汇讲解
1.reach noun.
释义：
①具象：the distance that you can stretch out your arm to touch something 手脚能够到的范围
②抽象：the limit of someone’s power or ability to do something 影响的范围，管辖的范围;
例句：It's beyond my reach. 我够不到。
He lives in Paraguay, well beyond the reach of the British authorities.
他住在巴拉圭，完全不受英国的管制。
请看beyond somebody's reach在电影《哈利波特与魔法石》中的应用：
Malfoy为了激将Harry说的话：What's the matter, Potter? Bit beyond your reach?
怎么啦？够不着了是吗？
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2.exceed verb.
释义：to be more than a particular number or amount 超过
例句：Working hours must not exceed 42 hours a week.
工作时间不能超过一周42小时。
exceed one's grasp 超过掌握
拓展：exceedingly adv.非常，极其，特别
I'm exceedingly poor！
我都穷疯了！
It's exceedingly good.
真真是极好的！
3.what for?
1)为什么
例句：'She's decided 1 to work part-time.' 'What for?'
她决定了要做个兼职。为什么？
What did you do that for?
你为什么要那么做？
2)用来做什么：
例句：What's this gadget 2 for?
这小玩意是干嘛用的？
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
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