Desperado

Why don't you come to your senses

You've been out riding fences for so long now

語音講解：

今日發(fā)音練習(xí)重點：

1. desperado 英美區(qū)別在于最后一個元音

2. senses/fences 押韻

言之有物：

1. desperado noun. 亡命之徒

釋義：a bold or violent criminal

*desperate adj. 不顧一切的、令人絕望的

2. 詞鏈兒：come to your senses 醒悟、恢復(fù)理智

It’s time she came to her senses and got a job.

她是時候醒悟去找份工作了。

Don't worry, Paul will come to his senses and agree to the terms of the contract.

別擔(dān)心，保羅會恢復(fù)理智，同意合同條款的。

...before you had a moment to come to your senses.

在你恢復(fù)理智前。

圖片源自《被解救的姜戈》

You've finally come to your senses？Well, I'm over you.

你終于想通了？但我已經(jīng)不在乎你了。

圖片源自《超級大壞蛋》

3. 拿來就用：be out doing something

He is out drinking alcohol.

他出門喝大酒去了。

My mom is out buying groceries.

媽媽出門買菜去了。

I was out having drinks with my girlfriends when the call came.

電話打來時我正和幾個女朋友飲酒。

圖片源自《鷹眼》

4. riding fences

具象含義：騎馬修理籬笆

抽象含義：不站隊、保持中立、采取騎墻態(tài)度、抱觀望態(tài)度

I haven't decided what to do. I'm sitting on the fence.

我還沒決定要干什么，我還在考慮中。

5. 詞鏈兒：have been doing XX for so long

（一直以來）做了太久的...

Even though I've been doing it for so long, I still feel fresh.

雖然我已經(jīng)做了很長時間，卻仍然覺得新鮮。

Since I have been doing business with her for so long now, she cut me a deal on my last purchase.

因為我已經(jīng)和她有過多年的生意往來，所以在上次交易的采購價格上她給出了不錯的折扣。

活學(xué)活用：

請用 come to your senses 隨意造句

《亡命之徒》（Desperado）：這是一 張建立在鄉(xiāng)村樂基礎(chǔ)上的概念專輯，以十九世紀(jì)末美國中西部的法外之徒為概念，包括幾首他們最有名的歌曲。整張專輯大概講述這樣一個故事:1880年的美國西部，21歲的杜林·達(dá)頓(Dooling Dalton)由于誤入歧途而觸犯法律踏上吉兇未卜的征程。

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