A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?

語音講解
單詞發音
man n.人；男人；人類；丈夫；雇工
reach n.范圍；延伸；河段；橫風行駛
exceed vt.超過；勝過
連詞發音
should exceed his
輕讀重讀
重讀：reach/exceed/ heaven/for
弱讀：should/his/or/a

詞匯講解
1.reach noun.
釋義：
①具象：the distance that you can stretch out your arm to touch something 手腳能夠到的范圍
②抽象：the limit of someone’s power or ability to do something 影響的范圍，管轄的范圍;
例句：It's beyond my reach. 我夠不到。
He lives in Paraguay, well beyond the reach of the British authorities.
他住在巴拉圭，完全不受英國的管制。
請看beyond somebody's reach在電影《哈利波特與魔法石》中的應用：
Malfoy為了激將Harry說的話：What's the matter, Potter? Bit beyond your reach?
怎么啦？夠不著了是嗎？

2.exceed verb.
釋義：to be more than a particular number or amount 超過
例句：Working hours must not exceed 42 hours a week.
工作時間不能超過一周42小時。
exceed one's grasp 超過掌握
拓展：exceedingly adv.非常，極其，特別
I'm exceedingly poor！
我都窮瘋了！
It's exceedingly good.
真真是極好的！
3.what for?
1)為什么
例句：'She's decided to work part-time.' 'What for?'
她決定了要做個兼職。為什么？
What did you do that for?
你為什么要那么做？
2)用來做什么：
例句：What's this gadget for?
這小玩意是干嘛用的？

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