跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第379期
We are not born with a certain amount of resilience. It's a muscle, and that means we can build it.
語音講解
今日發音練習重點：
1. certain的第二個音節可讀成鼻腔爆破音/tn/，也可讀/tən/
2. amount 不要讀成“額忙特”
3. 注意build中的元音/ɪ/，不要發成緊元音。讀成biu是不對的
言之有物
1. be born with XX 生來就有
回顧：be born to do XX （born to win）生來就是要XX的
Some people are born with a good sense of direction.
有些人天生就有好的方向感。
拓展：be born with a silver spoon in your mouth 含着金鑰匙出生
James doesn't know anything about working for a living; he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
詹姆斯對工作一無所知，他生在富貴人家。
Prince George was certainly born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
喬治王子生在富貴人家。
2. a certain amount of 一定量的（+不可數名詞）
You have to allow for a certain amount of error.
你必須將一定量的誤差考慮在內。
You are going to have to take a certain amount of criticism, but you must cope with it.
你肯定會遭到一些批評，但你必須去面對。
3. resilience noun. 彈力 韌性 快速恢復的能力
①彈力→This wool possesses high resilience and tensile strength.
這種毛彈性大，拉力強。
②修復→護膚品裏常出現
③韌性→She has shown great resilience to stress.
她對壓力錶現出了極大的適應能力。
4. 詞鏈兒：build muscle 增加肌肉
build 用法拓展
build up confidence 建立信心
Team building 團建
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