The moon does wax, the moon does wane,

And so men meet and say goodbye.

I only pray our life be long,

And our souls together heavenward fly!

語音講解：

今日發音練習重點：

men /men/ man /mæn/

2. wane/pray /eɪ/ 兩個音都不能忽略

3. I only/pray our 元音連讀+/j/

言之有物：

人有悲歡離合，月有陰晴圓缺，此事古難全。

但愿人長久，千里共嬋娟。

1. wax/wane

wax noun.

① 蠟

if you wax your legs, arms etc, you remove the hair from them using wax.

② 變大

when the moon waxes, it seems to get bigger each night.

反義詞：wane 變小/力量減弱

When the moon wanes, you gradually see less of it.

詞鏈兒：wax and wane 隨著時間變大或變小

Interest in the show has waxed and waned. 增加和減少

2. pray XX be adj. 祈禱XX

① 詞鏈兒：pray for XX

I'll pray for you. 我會為你祈禱的。

Let us pray for peace. 讓我們為世界和平祈禱。

② 詞鏈兒：pray (that).......

Paul was praying that no one had noticed his absence.

③ 詞鏈兒：hope and pray

I do hope and pray that I will never have the need to use it.

真希望以后用不到它。（希望并祈禱用不上它）

3. heavenward adj. 朝向天空/天國的

詞根：-ward 方向

towards 朝向

forwards 向前

backwards向后

afterwards 后來

homewards 家的方向 I'm going homeward. 我朝著家的方向走。

活學活用：

請用 pray 隨意造句

《水調歌頭·明月幾時有》（The moon will have Prelude To Water Melody）.是宋代大文學家蘇軾公元1076年（宋神宗熙寧九年）中秋在密州（今山東省諸城市）時所作。這首詞以月起興，與其弟蘇轍七年未見之情為基礎，圍繞中秋明月展開想象和思考，把人世間的悲歡離合之情納入對宇宙人生的哲理性追尋之中，反映了作者復雜而又矛盾的思想感情，又表現出作者熱愛生活與積極向上的樂觀精神。詞作上片問天反映執著人生，下片問月表現善處。

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