Happiness is a fickle creature. A constant companion to some, hides herself completely from others.

語音講解：

今日發音練習重點：

1. happiness中ness的發音可為/ɪ/或/ə/

2. creature中第一個音節為緊元音/i:/

言之有物：

1. a fickle creature 易變的生物

fickle adj. 反復無常的

搭配舉例：

fickle weather 天氣反復無常

a fickle lover 用情不專的人

The art market is as fickle and hard to predict as any other.

藝術市場的捉摸不定反復無常，和其他市場一樣。

詞鏈兒：notoriously fickle 出了名的善變

The world of popular music is notoriously fickle.

流行音樂的世界出了名的善變。

★原聲例句：London weather is notoriously fickle, and pollution levels change with the weather.

倫敦的天氣出了名善變，污染程度也隨天氣而變化。

Plus she's a teenager and they're so fickle.

再說她正處于青春期，相當反復無常。

圖源《開心漢堡店》

Women are so fickle as a feather in the wind.

女人如風中羽毛，變幻無常。

圖源《四重唱》

2. 詞鏈兒：a constant companion to someone 如影隨形的密友

釋義：a person or animal that has been with someone most of the time

The old dog had been her constant companion for over 12 years.

這條狗與她如影隨形超過12年了。

★原聲例句：The moon is beautiful to observe, a constant nightly companion.

月亮觀察起來很美麗。是每晚的陪伴。

Death has been my constant companion for almost 50 years.

死亡是我近五十年來的忠實伴侶。

圖源：《跑調天后》

3. 詞鏈兒：hide oneself from

將自己從某地隱藏起來

Are you hiding from me?

你是在躲著我嗎？

The rabbit was trying to hide from the fox.

兔子在試圖躲著狐貍。

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