Age is rarely kind to anyone. Nothing one can do about it. One just has to get on with it.

語音講解：

今日發音練習重點：

言之有物：

1. 詞鏈兒：be kind to XX

對XX體貼/親切/友好

The weather was very kind to us.

天氣非常宜人。

My boss has been extremely kind to me.

老板對我非常好。

→反義表達：be unkind to XX

對XX不好

Her husband is very unkind to her.

她丈夫對她非常刻薄。

2. 詞匯：rarely = not often 很少，難得

We rarely see each other now.

我們現在很少見面。

→ be rarely kind to XX

很少對XX好→ 對XX不友善

3. 詞鏈兒：Nothing one can do about it.

對此，人們無能為力。

=One can do nothing about it.

=There's nothing one can do about it.

There's nothing I can do about the problem, so I might as well go with the flow.

關于這個問題我無能為力，所以我不如就順其自然好了。

So there's nothing we can do about it?

這么說，我們就一點辦法沒有了？

But there's nothing I can do about it right now.

但我現在對此無能為力。

There's no end in sight, and we can do nothing about it.

眼前看不到盡頭，我們對此也無能為力。

Nothing we can do about it.

也沒別的辦法了。

But there's nothing I can do about it.

Nothing you can do about it?

但我也確實沒轍了。

沒轍了？

4. 詞鏈兒：get on with XX

①與……友好相處

②繼續（干某事）

I get on fairly well with everybody.

我和每個人的關系都還可以。

Just buzz off and let me get on with my work.

走開，我得繼續干活了。

回顧【get on with XX】

活學活用：

請用 XX can do nothing about... 隨意造句

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