You can fail at what you don't want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.

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今日發音練習重點：

言之有物：

1. 詞鏈兒：fail at...

在……方面失敗

He failed at making a cake, but it was still fun to try.

他做蛋糕失敗了，但嘗試的過程仍然很有趣。

It is better to fight for good than to fail at the ill.

寧為善而斗, 毋屈服于惡。

2. 詞鏈兒：might as well do...

不妨做/最好做/還不如做......

We might as well finish up the cake.

我們倒不如把蛋糕吃完。

I might as well keep on relying on my father.

我還是繼續抱緊我老爸的大腿吧。

Might as well do something with your life that makes that risk worthwhile.

那還不如在好好做些什么，那樣即使危險 也是值得的。

影視片段《圖書館員 第四季》

If you're not going to sign the papers, I might as well leave.

如果你不打算簽這些文件，我還是走吧。

影視片段《希望溝壑 Hope Gap》

3. 詞鏈兒：take a chance on (doing)...

冒險嘗試（做）......

近義詞鏈兒：

give it a try/shot

have a go

take a risk

have a shot at...

give... a chance

try one's luck

As you leave here today, be willing to take a chance on yourself.

當你今天離開這里時，愿意給自己一個機會。

You're not stupid. "Stupid" is not following your heart and taking a chance on love.

你不傻，不跟著感覺走、不為愛賭一把才叫傻。

4. 詞鏈兒：

what you don't want→當做大的名詞

what you love→當做大的名詞

Do what you love and love what you do.

做你所愛，愛你所做。

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

成就大事的唯一途徑就是熱愛自己在做的事。

史蒂夫·喬布斯

活學活用：

請用 might as well do... 隨意造句

金?凱瑞（Jim Carrey），1962 年 1 月 17 日出生于加拿大，加拿大裔美籍喜劇演員、編劇、配音、制片人。代表作品有《神探飛機頭》《變相怪杰》《楚門的世界》《大話王》等。他以夸張、無厘頭的喜劇風格聞名，后成功轉型出演了如《楚門的世界》等現實題材影片，展現了出色的演技，曾獲金球獎等多個重要獎項的肯定。

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