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1. 认识这个词（基础篇）

词：well-

例句：Such a vision, however well-intended, was never realistic.

2. 体会这个词 （进阶篇）

“well”经常用作前缀构词，表示“良好的”“非常的”。比如我们常见的词有 well-known（知名的），well-educated（受过良好教育的），今天我们在通过几个例子掌握它的灵活用法。

比如我们常说“他的出发点是好的”，英语就可以用“well-intended”或者“well-meaning”等表示。奥巴马在一次演讲中就说到：

After my election, there was talk of a post-racial America. Such a vision, however well-intended, was never realistic.（这里的“post-racial”是“后种族”，表示一个不论肤色，绝对机会均等的社会。这里“never realistic”和“well-intended”意思相反，可以把它们一起记下）

我们常说的“有实锤”，意思就是有据可依，这时我们就可以用到“well-documented”。有许多文献可以证明吸烟有害身体健康：

The risks of smoking are well-documented.

或者

It is well-documented that smoking constitutes a significant health hazard. 

《经济学人》中几乎每期中都会出现几个把 well- 用作前缀的词，这种用法可以让表达更加简洁，比如：

Reorganizing a sizeable part of the bureaucracy in a country snarled in red tape was never going to be easy. Nor was disempowering the feckless but well-connected tycoons behind some of India’s powerful conglomerates.（一个人的人脉很广，就可以用“well-connected”）

Although less well-heeled residents of those cities will be glad of a fall in prices, a cooling of foreign interest may have unwelcome consequences for the wider market. (well-heeled 也是《经济学人》中经常用到的表达，意思是“富裕的”，可以用来替换 wealthy） 

3. 从认识到会用（作业）

1）翻译下面的句子： 这项政策本意是好的，但结果却事与愿违。

The policy, however well-intended, turned out the opposite of what was expected.

（参考翻译：The policy was well-meaning, but somehow it backfired. 或者 The policy, however well-intended, turned out the opposite of what was expected.）

2）结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等，想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景，再造句。

有许多文献可以证明过量饮酒有害身体健康。

The risks of overdrinking are well-documented.