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Much of education is oriented, for better or worse, towards making a living rather than making a life.
语音讲解：
今日发音练习重点：
1. oriented包含四音节，重音落在第一音节；
2. 停顿：...towards making a living/ rather than making a life.//
言之有物：
1. 词链儿：much of XX 大量XX/许多的XX
Much of the form was not applicable to me.
表格中很多部分不适用于我。
Much of the information you have gleaned is of no practical use.
你收集到的大部分情报没有实用价值。
词链儿拓展：
much of a + 单数名词 表示“在很大程度上”
John is much of a musician.
约翰很有音乐家的范儿。
2. 词链儿：be oriented towards/to/around 面向...
A lot of the training is orientated around communications skills.
很多培训都是面向提高交流技能的。
Our students are oriented towards science subjects.
我们教的学生都是理科方向的。
This project is oriented towards education.
该项目与教育相关。
★原声例句：And their treatment of mental health problems tends to be oriented towards the physical.
他们对心理健康问题的治疗往往以身体为导向。
★原声例句：My training is oriented towards becoming a man of competence.
我的培训旨在成为一个有能力的人。
It has to maintain its orientation toward the sun.
探测车就会保持面向太阳的方向。
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3. 词链儿：for better or (for) worse 无论好坏、不管怎样
I’ve decided, for better or for worse, to leave my job.
不管怎样，我决定要辞职了。
结婚誓言：
For better or for worse, to death shall we part.
无论是好是坏，我们至死不渝。
4. make a living、make a life
make a living 生存
make a life 生活
活学活用：
请用 be oriented towards... 随意造句
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