聽力綜合能力提高—— Day 17
聽力文本對照

聽力片段一：

We were being told that we somehow must become what we are not,
sacrificing what we are, to inherit the masquerade of what we will be.

知識點1:詞匯表達
sacrifice /ˈsæk.rə.faɪs/ v.犧牲
inherit /ɪnˈher.ɪt/ v. 繼承
masquerade /ˌmæs.kəˈreɪd/n.化妝，假裝

知識點2:發音點
節奏Part 1: We were being told we somehow must become what we are not, sacrificing what we are

節奏part 2: to inherit the masquerade of what we will be.

連讀：to inherit –twinherit


聽力片段二：

I was being told to accept the identity that others would give me.
And I wondered, what made my dreams so easy to dismiss?
Granted, my dreams are shy, because they're Canadian.
My dreams are self-conscious and overly apologetic.
They're standing alone at the high school dance, and they've never been kissed.
See, my dreams got called names too.
Silly. Foolish. Impossible. But I kept dreaming.

知識點1:詞匯
identity /aɪˈden.t̬ə.t̬i/ n.身份
dismiss /dɪˈsmɪs/ v.離開，解散
granted /ɡrænt/ adv.誠然，不可否認的是
self-conscious /ˌselfˈkɑːn.ʃəs/ adj.不自然的，扭捏的
apologetic /əˌpɑː.ləˈdʒet̬.ɪk/ adj.謙卑的
silly /ˈsɪl.i/ adj.可笑的


知識點2:發音及表達
I was being told to accept the identity that others would give me.
What made/makes +賓語＋adj？
例句：What makes Peter so upset?
例句：What makes his song so popular?


聽力片段三：

I was gonna be a wrestler. I had it all figured out.
I was going to be The Garbage Man.

My finishing move was going to be The Trash Compactor.
My saying was gonna be, "I'm taking out the trash!"

And then this guy, Duke "The Dumpster" Droese, stole my entire shtick.
I was crushed, as if by a trash compactor.

I thought to myself, "What now? Where do I turn?"
Poetry. Like a boomerang, the thing I loved came back to me.
One of the first lines of poetry I can remember writing was in response to a world that demanded I hate myself.

知識點1:詞匯
wrestler /ˈres.lɚ/ n.摔跤選手
move /muːv/ n.動作
Compactor /kɑːmˈpæk.tɚ/ n.壓縮機
Trash /træʃ/ n.垃圾
Shtick /ʃtɪk/ n.滑稽場面


知識點2:發音及表達
gonna = going to
had it all的連讀
figured out 的連讀

boomerang/ˈbuː.mə.ræŋ/ n.回形鏢