Do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. golden/rule 单词内包含舌侧音dark/l/；

2. acquire 单词内部自然连贯出/j/音；

3. duty英美发音略有不同：英音/?dju?ti/；美音/?du?ti/。

言之有物：

1. 词链儿：the golden rule for...

某事的黄金法则、金科玉律

The golden rule for after-dinner speeches is to keep them short and sweet.

发表餐后讲演的金科玉律是简明扼要。

Wherever you were bound, there was one golden rule for the pioneers: follow the river.

无论你要前往何处，对于开路先锋们来说都有一条黄金定律：沿着河走。

图片源自《西部风云史》

The golden rule: always use a follow car.

黄金定律：永远要有人殿后。

图片源自《无耻家庭》

2. 词链儿：acquire the habit of...

获得XX的习惯

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

养成阅读的习惯等于为自己筑起一个避难所，几乎可以避免生命中所有的灾难。

—— 毛姆

We want people to acquire the habit of using public transport instead of their cars.

我们希望人们养成使用公共交通而不是私家车的习惯。

★原声例句：I think maybe we acquire a habit of mind when we're children.

我想也许我们从小就养成了一种思维习惯。

★原声例句：As you acquire the habit of controlling your thoughts, and with the emotions well under control, then you begin to turn the consciousness back upon self.

当你养成了控制你的思想和情绪的习惯，然后你开始将意识转向自我。

3. 词链儿：do your duty 承担责任; 尽你的义务

be on duty 值班

be in charge 负责

He was only doing his duty when he made you do that.

他那么做，只不过是在尽自己的义务。

Who is on duty here? I need some help.

谁值班？我需要帮助。

回顾【be duty-bound 责无旁贷】

活学活用：

请用 acquire the habit of 随意造句

马克·吐温（Mark Twain）:美国作家、演说家，是美国批判现实主义文学的奠基人。马克·吐温一生写了大量作品，体裁涉及小说、剧本、散文、诗歌等各方面。从内容上说，他的作品批判了不合理现象或人性的丑恶之处，表达了这位当过排字工人和水手的作家强烈的正义感和对普通人民的关心

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