必修四 Unit 3.2 Language points.pptVIP

1) failure n. a. a person or a thing that fails 失败；失败者 如： She said she was a failure as a manager. 她说她是一个失败的经理。 His first attempt at ice-skating was a miserable failure. 他第一次尝试滑冰很糟糕。 b. lack of success失败；不成功。 All of my efforts ended in failure. 我所有的努力都以失败告终。 Failure is the teacher of success. 失败是成功之母。 2) overcome v. 过去式overcame; 过去分词overcome 意为“克服 （困难等）；打败（敌人等）” He overcame a bad habit. 他克服了一项恶习。 短语：be overcome with/by… 被 （悲哀、恐怖等）打倒， 因为… 而崩溃/垮掉。如： She was