All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.

語音講解：

今日發音練習重點：

1. world's/z/=world is

2. 區分單詞發音：

man/mæn/和men/men/

woman/ˈwʊmən/和women/ˈwɪmɪn/

言之有物：

1. 有關all the world is...的語法：

all the world（整個世界）作為一個整體，為單數概念，因此be動詞用is。

All is well. 都挺好。

All is wrong. 全給弄擰了。

All is quiet and still. 萬籟俱寂。

語法拓展：表達否定時：

① 部分否定：not all.../all...not

并非全部.../不是所有都...

并非所有的花兒都香。

Not all flowers smell good.

All flowers don't smell good.

...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.

② 完全否定：none/no

None of my friends can swim.

我所有的朋友都不會游泳.

2. merely 僅僅/不過是

He was far from being merely a furniture expert.

（詞鏈兒：far from being XX 遠不只是XX）

他絕不僅僅只是個家具專家。

I wasn't complaining, I merely said that I was tired.

我沒有在抱怨，只是說我很累了。

I did not kill him, merely tucked him away, very much as I found him.

（詞鏈兒：tuck someone away 將某人藏起來）

我沒有殺他，只是把他藏起來了，就像我發現他時的那樣。

圖片源自《沉默的羔羊》

It's merely controlled. 只不過是被控制了。

圖片源自《楚門的世界》

活學活用：

請用 merely 隨意造句

《本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇讀詩：人生有七個階段 》：卷福用標準英音，配上低沉的聲線和濃郁的文學氣息，朗讀了莎士比亞在《皆大歡喜》中通過杰奎斯的口吻描寫了人生的七個階段。

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