1. 认识这个词（基础篇）
词：ill-
例句：As a matter of fact, affirmative action is a well-meaning theory at best and an ill-functioning policy at worst.
2. 体会这个词 （进阶篇）
上周我们学习了“well-”，今天我们学习一个和它相反的前缀“ill-”，同样是让我们的表述更简洁的好用表达。ill- 常和用于形容词搭配，表示“坏/差”、“不够…”，我们通过一些例子掌握它的用法。
比如疫苗丑闻曝光后，许多家长受一些不负责任的文章影响，不明就里地决定不再给孩子打疫苗。想描述这种现象，我们就可以用到 ill-informed：
After the vaccine scandal, a growing number of ill-informed parents refuse to vaccinate their children.
Justin 在一篇写“平权运动”（affirmative action）时就用到了 ill-:
As a matter of fact, affirmative action is a well-meaning theory at best and an ill-functioning policy at worst.
《经济学人》中也非常频繁地使用 ill-，比如：
Programmes and policies come and go, and are often ill-designed.（形容项目、政策设计有问题，就可以用 ill-designed）
Just before 10pm on April 29th Ms Rudd tendered her resignation, pitching Theresa May’s ill-starred government into yet another crisis.（ill-starred 在这里表示“运气不佳的”“注定失败的”，《经济学人》经常用到这个表达）
As Andrew Lawler recounts in “The Secret Token”, it begins in 1587 with the ill-conceived,ill-executed attempt to found the New World’s first English settlement on Roanoke Island.（ill-conceived 和 ill-executed 可以理解为“计划不周的”和“执行不到位的”）
3. 从认识到会用（作业）
1）翻译下面的句子：
这个决定的出发点是好的，不过是不明智的。
This decision is well-meaning, but ill-advised.
（参考翻译：The decision is well-intended but ill-advised.）
造句：
在毕业前多次经历职场求职碰壁之后，学生们抱怨了这种不负责人的学校设计出来的这种注定没前途的课程。学校尽想着赚学费，而甚少考虑学生们的未来。
After several failures in job markets before their graduation, many students complain about the ill-starred curriculum designed by their irresponsible school. which shows great passion for profitable tuition fees but far less consideration on students' future.
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