55、Better to complete a small task well, than do much imperfectly. ---- Plato
一件小事作得完美勝過(guò)多少事做得虎頭蛇尾。----柏拉圖
task means a piece of (esp. hard or unpleasant ) work that has to be done.必須做的工作(尤指困難的或討厭的)任務(wù)。例如：Perform the gruesome task of identifying the dead bodies.執(zhí)行辨認(rèn)尸體這可怕的任務(wù)。Becoming fluent in a foreign language is no easy task, i.e. is difficult.熟練地掌握一門(mén)外語(yǔ)是一項(xiàng)艱苦的工作。
task常用的搭配如下：
task somebody with something means give something to somebody as a task,將某事作為任務(wù)交與某人。
task force means a group of people and resource specially organized for a particular ( esp. military ) task,特派組，特遣部隊(duì)。
taskmaster means a person who is strict in making others work hard.監(jiān)工
一件事情，無(wú)論大小，只要值得做，就一定得把它做好。
56、Circumstances alter cases. 環(huán)境改變案情。/環(huán)境不同，處理各異。
Circumstance means a fact, condition, or event concerned with and influencing another event, person, or course of action.情況；情形；環(huán)境。We can't judge what he did until we know the circumstances.我們才能對(duì)他的行為做出判斷。In / under the circumstances是一個(gè)固定搭配，解釋為既然這樣，在這種情況下。
Alter,修改，改變。Do you think you will alter your travel plans?你認(rèn)為你要改變你的旅行計(jì)劃嗎？我們來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)一個(gè)很特別的詞組，alter ego,意思是另一個(gè)我，知心朋友，知己。
Case,有案件的意思，a civil case民事案件/ a criminal case刑事案件/ a case of robbery with violence一樁暴力搶劫案件。還可以解釋為情況：as the case may be看情況，根據(jù)具體情況。
人處在不同的環(huán)境下就會(huì)有不同的行為。