The thread from my dear mother's hand

Was sewn in the clothes of her wandering son.

語音講解：

今日發音練習重點：

1. 注意區分wander/ɒ/和wonder/ʌ/的發音

2. wandering可將/ə/音退位不發，發成兩音節

3. clothes 可省略/e/，只保留/z/音

言之有物：

1. wandering son 漂泊的兒子/游子

wander verb. 流浪；漂泊

wandering adj. 流浪的；漂泊的

★原聲例句：Reading felt like wandering through a vast forest where the sunlight comes through the treetops like pale, gold dust.

閱讀好似在廣袤的森林里徜徉。陽光穿過樹梢，像微弱、金色的塵粒。

★原聲例句：I was wandering and running away for so long, but the moment I cried out for help, I was found.

我漂泊和逃避了太久了。但當我大聲求助，我找到了自我。

2. sew verb. 縫紉; 做針線活

sew—sewed—sewn

詞鏈兒：sew the clothes 縫衣服

She will sew a party dress for me.

她將給我縫一身派對服。

And a kit to sew your own clothes.

還有針線自己縫制衣服。

圖片源自《犯罪心理》

★原聲例句：I used to be the Versace Fit Model, and they would sew the clothes on my body.

我曾經做過范思哲的量衣模特，他們會在我身上縫衣服。

拓展詞鏈兒：sew up 成功完成某事

Our team has sewn up the championship.

我們隊贏得了冠軍。

3. thread noun. 線

needle and thread 針線

詞鏈兒拓展：hang by a thread 岌岌可危；危在旦夕

After the loss, their chances of getting into the championships are hanging by a thread.

失敗后，贏冠軍的可能性微乎其微。

The mayor's political future has been hanging by a thread since the fraud scandal.

欺詐丑聞爆發后，市長的政治前途岌岌可危。

It's like I'm hanging by a thread here.

我全部希望都在她身上。

圖片源自《新飛躍比弗利》

I'm hanging by a thread.

我命懸一線。

圖片源自《無恥之徒》

4. The thread was sewn in the clothes.

線被縫進衣服里。

活學活用：

請用 wandering 隨意造句

《游子吟》（The Wandering Son's Song）：唐代詩人孟郊創作的一首五言詩。孟郊（bai751—814），唐代詩人。字東野。湖州武康（今浙江德清）人。少年時隱居嵩山。近五十歲才中進士，任溧陽縣尉。與韓愈交誼頗深。其詩感傷自己的遭遇，多寒苦之音。

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