Second chances are really hard to come by.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. second 注意/e/ 元音发音口型：上下齿间距约可容一根食指

2. chance 英美发音不同 /t?ɑ?ns $ t??ns/

（类似的词汇：can't、dance）

言之有物：

1. second chance

〔为失败者提供的〕第二次机会

词链儿：give XX a second chance

给某人第二次机会

XX deserve a second chance

应该再给某人一次机会

I realized I'd been given a second chance.

我才意识到我得到了第二次机会。

People make mistakes, right? They deserve second chances.

人孰无过嘛，他们需要第二次机会。

If you mess it up, there's no second chance.

如果你搞砸 , 可没有第二次机会了。

回顾与chance相关的表达

We've been given a second chance to define who we are.

我们有了第二次机会来定义我们是谁。

图片源自《X战警-未来昔日》

Death gave him a second chance at life.

死亡给了他第二次生命。

2. come by 弄到某物，获得某物〔指稀有或不容易得到的东西〕

词链儿：XX is/are hard to come by

很难得到XX/XX来之不易

Jobs were hard to come by.

工作难找啊。

Honesty is hard to come by these days.

这年头诚实的人太少了。

This medicinal herb is hard to come by.

这种草药很难得。

★原声例句：And self-knowledge is really, really hard to come by.

而自知之明真的，真的很难得到。

★原声例句：Our forebears found calories hard to come by.

我们的祖先发现卡路里很难获得。

近义表达：XX never/not come easy XX来之不易

（easy也可以替换为easily）

Success hasn't come easy for her.

成功对她来说来之不易。

Most things worth having never come easy.

大多数值得拥有的东西都来之不易。

These crystals are very rare and hard to come by.

这些水晶很稀有和很难找。

图片源自《精灵旅社》

Appreciate good people. They are hard to come by.

欣赏好人——他们很难找到。

活学活用：

请用 XX is hard to come by 随意造句

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