Long as the journey is, we will reach our destination if we stay the course;

difficult as the task is, we will get the job done if we keep working at it.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

言之有物：

1. 词链儿：

long as the journey is →路虽远

difficult as the task is →事虽难

→ as 表转折：尽管；虽然；即使

Happy as they were, there was something missing.

尽管他们很快乐，但总缺少点什么。

回顾【行路难】

2. 词链儿：

reach our destination →将至

get the job done →必成

① reach our destination

到达目的地

The journey ahead is long and arduous but with determined steps, we will reach our destination.

道阻且长，行则将至。

We are working as quickly as we can, but quickness will not get the job done.

我们正在尽可能快地做出改变，但是速度无法保证质量。

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

② get the job done

完成工作

Get the job done in three days.

尽着三天把事情办好。

3. 词链儿：

stay the course →行

keep working at XX →做

① stay the course

〔克服困难〕坚持到底

Dieters should try hard to stay the course.

节食者应该努力坚持到底。

Despite the pain, I stayed the course walking a bit and then running again.

尽管很疼，我还是坚持走了一会儿，然后又跑了起来。

★原声例句：You still have to stay the course and forge your own path.

你还是要坚持到底并开拓自己的路。

★原声例句：Why shouldn't I stay the course?

我为什么不坚持到底呢？

"Staying the course."

"Maintaining the course."

And "Blazing a path to a new future."

“保持现状。”

“维持现状。”

和“开辟新道路，迎接新未来。”

② keep working at XX

不断努力改善XX，致力于XX

After another year you will have very good English skills, as long as you keep working at it.

只要你坚持练习，一年后你的英语就相当不错了。

活学活用：

请用 【as 表转折：尽管；虽然；即使 】 随意造句

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