跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第257期
A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?
語音講解
單詞發音
man n.人；男人；人類；丈夫；僱工
reach n.範圍；延伸；河段；橫風行駛
exceed vt.超過；勝過
連詞發音
should exceed his
輕讀重讀
重讀：reach/exceed/ heaven/for
弱讀：should/his/or/a
詞彙講解
h noun.
釋義：
①具象：the distance that you can stretch out your arm to touch something 手腳能夠到的範圍
②抽象：the limit of someone’s power or ability to do something 影響的範圍，管轄的範圍;
例句：It's beyond my reach. 我夠不到。
He lives in Paraguay, well beyond the reach of the British authorities.
他住在巴拉圭，完全不受英國的管制。
請看beyond somebody's reach在電影《哈利波特與魔法石》中的應用：
Malfoy爲了激將Harry說的話：What's the matter, Potter? Bit beyond your reach?
怎麼啦？夠不着了是嗎？
ed verb.
釋義：to be more than a particular number or amount 超過
例句：Working hours must not exceed 42 hours a week.
工作時間不能超過一週42小時。
exceed one's grasp 超過掌握
拓展：exceedingly adv.非常，極其，特別
I'm exceedingly poor！
我都窮瘋了！
It's exceedingly good.
真真是極好的！
for?
1)爲什麼
例句：'She's decided to work part-time.' 'What for?'
她決定了要做個兼職。爲什麼？
What did you do that for?
你爲什麼要那麼做？
2)用來做什麼：
例句：What's this gadget for?
這小玩意是幹嘛用的？
