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Adults, when weighed down with worries, sometimes fail to see the joy in simple things, where children do not.
语音讲解：
今日发音练习重点：
1. adult 两可发音：
2. weighed down中weighed尾部/d/省读。
言之有物：
1. when weighed down with worries 插入语
=when they are weighed down with worries
词链儿：be weighed down with XX 被XX压得难以移动
词链儿：be weighed down with work 疲于奔命
He was weighed down with piles of dirty washing.
他被成堆脏衣服压得难以移动。
All these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down.
所有这些悲剧同时发生，压得我喘不过气。
★原声例句：Who wants to be weighed down with some nonsense emotions?
谁想被一些无意义的情绪所拖累？
★原声例句：You probably don't want to be weighed down with the useless stuff we all carry.
你可能不想被我们带着的无用的东西拖累。
I took out a loan and now I'm really weighed down.
我申请了一笔贷款，现在压得我喘不过气来。
图片源自《碧海追踪》
2. 词链儿：fail to do 做不到、做不成某事
He failed to catch the first train.
他没能赶上第一班火车。
He failed to keep his promise.
他没能履行承诺。
You fail to grasp the stakes here, John.
你没明白重点，约翰。
图片源自《康斯坦丁》
If you fail to do as I say, ……
要是你不照我说的做……
u图片源自《火枪手》
拓展词链儿：never fail to do something 从不失手做某事
My grandson never fails to phone me on my birthday.
每到生日孙子都会打电话给我。
A trait people never fail to undervalue, I'm afraid.
正直的人永远都会有用武之地的。
图片源自《哈利波特与混血王子》
I never fail to hope that a column might be out there.
我从不怀疑会有一队人马在那边。
图片源自《与狼共舞》
3. 词链儿：the joy in simple things
简单事物中的美好/生活中的点滴美好
I'd like to find joy in simple things.
我想找到生活中的点滴美好。
活学活用：
请用 be weighed down with XX 随意造句
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