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…著手
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·洛斯于20世紀20年代開始為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，但是我保證以后上班一定準時。
2. make your bed 整理床鋪
You should make your bed before you go to school.
你上學之前應該把床鋪整理好。
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。

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