跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第327期

（单词翻译）

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously¹ that you might as well not have lived at all.

语音讲解

单词发音

without prep.没有；超过；在…外面

failing v.失败；不及格

cautiously adv.慎重地，谨慎地

连词发音

not've

lived at all

轻读重读

重读：impossible failing so cautiously not lived at all

弱读：that it is to at you have

词汇讲解

1.fail at doing 失败于

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 excel² 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.

考试没过。

fail somebody 让某人失望、辜负某人

2. so...that...如此…以致…

When the football fans³ saw Beckham, they got so excited that they cried out.

他们看到贝克汉姆的时候，太激动了，尖叫了出来。

3. might as well 还不如

There's nothing I can do about the problem, so I might as well go with the flow⁴.

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。

请看美剧《新飞跃比弗利》中might as well中的应用：

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