跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第323期

（单词翻译）

Necessity is indeed the mother of invention.

语音讲解

单词发音

necessity n.需要；必然性；必需品

necessary adj.必要的；必需的；必然的

necessarily adv.必要地；必定地，必然地

invention

连词发音

necessity is indeed

mother of invention

轻读重读

重读：necessity indeed invention

弱读：is the of

词汇讲解

necessity is the mother of invention

需求是创造之母。

necessity 需求 需要

She saw books as a necessity, not a luxury.

她认为书籍是必需品，而不是奢侈品。

A lot of families cannot even afford to buy the basic necessities of life.

很多家庭甚至买不起基本的生活必需品。

daily necessities/basic necessities of life 日常生活必需品

场景：

A: "I needed to drain the washing machine to try and unblock it, so I used an old bike tube to funnel¹ the water out the back door."

为了通下水道排水，我把旧自行车胎做成了漏斗形状，让水顺后门流出去了。

B: "Wow, necessity is the mother of invention, huh?"

需求是创造之母啊！

句式： Failure is the mother of success.

失败是成功之母。