跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第389期
If you wanna change the world, start off by making your bed.
語音講解
今日發音練習重點：
1. 注意change不要發成“趁之”。掌握雙元音/eɪ/的發音。
2. off /ɒ/。弱讀元音不變。
言之有物
1. start off (by) doing XX 從…開始;從…着手
I started off by drawing the flowers I had collected.
我從畫我收集的花開始。
Joe Loss started off playing piano background music for silent films in the 1920s.
喬·洛斯於20世紀20年代開始爲無聲電影彈奏鋼琴背景音樂。
拓展：start/get off on the wrong/right foot 一開始就很順利/不順
I know we started off on the wrong foot when I was a half hour late to the interview, but I promise that I will always be on time once I start working here.
我知道我面試就遲到半小時，沒開個好頭，但是我保證以後上班一定準時。
2. make your bed 整理牀鋪
You should make your bed before you go to school.
你上學之前應該把牀鋪整理好。
引申含義→自己造成的結果需要自己來承受
You make your bed, you sleep in it!
你自己的事，自己處理吧！
As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.
這是你自作自受。
