跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第379期

We are not born with a certain amount of resilience. It's a muscle, and that means we can build it.

语音讲解

今日发音练习重点：
1. certain的第二个音节可读成鼻腔爆破音/tn/，也可读/tən/
2. amount 不要读成“额忙特”
3. 注意build中的元音/ɪ/，不要发成紧元音。读成biu是不对的

言之有物
1. be born with XX 生来就有
回顾：be born to do XX （born to win）生来就是要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 含着金钥匙出生
James doesn't know anything about working for a living; he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
詹姆斯对工作一无所知，他生在富贵人家。
Prince George was certainly born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
乔治王子生在富贵人家。
2. a certain amount of 一定量的（+不可数名词）
You have to allow for a certain amount of error.
你必须将一定量的误差考虑在内。
You are going to have to take a certain amount of criticism, but you must cope with it.
你肯定会遭到一些批评，但你必须去面对。
3. resilience noun. 弹力 韧性 快速恢复的能力
①弹力→This wool possesses high resilience and tensile strength.
这种毛弹性大，拉力强。
②修复→护肤品里常出现
③韧性→She has shown great resilience to stress.
她对压力表现出了极大的适应能力。
4. 词链儿：build muscle 增加肌肉
build 用法拓展
build up confidence 建立信心
team building 团建

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