The essence of leadership is being able to see the iceberg before it hits the Titanic.

语音讲解

今日发音练习重点：

1. the essence of / the iceberg

2. Titanic 重读落在第二个音节上。

4. 断句：The essence of leadership / is being able to see the iceberg / before it hits the Titanic. //

言之有物

1. 词链儿：the essence of XX XX的精华所在

The cushions are the essence of the chair. 椅垫是椅子的精髓。

The essence of the story is... 文章主要想说...

2. ship 名词后缀 表示 情况、状态、性质、关系

friendship partnership 伙伴关系

seamanship 航海术

hardship 困苦

readership 读者群

scholarship 奖学金

ownership 所有制

3. 词链儿：...is being able to do XX

being able to XX 可看作为一个名词

Being able to talk to you is such a privilege.

能够和你交谈真是太荣幸了。

I feel bad about not being able to help you.

我对不能帮助你感到抱歉。

This is so liberating, being able to talk this to you.

4. ...to see the iceberg before it hits the Titanic

领导的本质是能够预见到冰山即将撞上泰塔尼克号。

活学活用

请用 being able to 随意造句

《如何成功？请多睡一会》（How to succeed? Get more sleep）这个演讲告诉我们：能够激发不断的绝妙创意想法，就是睡觉。演讲者阿里安娜·赫芬顿（Arianna Huffington），是美国政治博客Huffington Post共同创始人。她在电视台频频亮相，经常与保守派辩论政务。2014年1月11日，阿里安娜·赫芬顿与亿万富豪尼古拉斯·伯格鲁恩和AOL合作推出一个名为《世界邮报》的新项目。2014年赫芬顿被《福布斯》评为世界最有权力的女性中的第52位。

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