It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

言之有物：

1. 词链儿：fail at doing XX 失败于XX

The person who tries to do too many things at a time may fail at all of them.

想一次性完成很多事情的人，可能最后全都失败了。

We excel at making a living but often fail at making a life.

我们善于谋生，却在营造美好生活上一败涂地。

拓展：fail to do （尝试后）未能做成

I failed to pass the exam.

我考试没过。

词链儿：fail somebody 让某人失望、辜负某人

2. 词链儿：so...that... 如此…以致…

When the football fans saw Beckham, they got so excited that they cried out.

球迷们看到贝克汉姆的时候，太激动了，尖叫了出来。

3. 词链儿：might as well 还不如

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

关于这个问题我无能为力，所以我不如就顺其自然好了。

Since you have started the job, you might as well finish it.

既然你开了头，倒不如把它做完吧。

Look, I'm not leaving until you come out. So you might as well talk to me.

你不出来我是不会走的，你还是跟我说说的好。

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活学活用：

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