True love involves precisely not giving someone what is their due, but giving them instead, what they need in order to survive.

語音講解：

今日發音練習重點：

1. involve中包含舌側音/l/

2. due的發音，英音為/djuː/，美音為/duː/

言之有物：

1. 詞鏈兒：involve something / doing something

The second accident involved two cars and a lorry.

第二起事故涉及兩輛轎車與一輛卡車。

The operation involves putting a small tube into your heart.

手術要求在你心臟處放一根小管子。

Nothing that will involve blackmailing you into hunting him down.

反正不會威脅你去追殺他。

圖片源自《綠箭》

2. precisely adv. 恰恰地；精確地

正是...

=exactly

We arrived at precisely two o'clock.

我們兩點整到達。

3. 詞鏈兒：what is their due 他們應得的東西

*due用作名詞，意為“應得的東西，正當報酬”

He finally received his due.

他終于得到了他應得的。

*due用作形容詞，“應付給的，到期的”，通常只作表語

The check will become due on July 10th.

該支票將于7月10日到期。

The only thing is, the application is due this Friday.

問題是，申請到本周五就截止了。

圖片源自《新飛躍比弗利》

*“預定到達的”，通常只作表語

What time is the train due?

火車預定什么時間到？

用法：due to（介詞） 由于，因為，由...引起。

按照傳統語法 due to 主要引導表語，一般不引導狀語。

His absence was due to the storm.

他因暴風雨而缺席。

Her success was due to her hard work.

她成功是因為她努力工作。

但是在現代英語中，due to也可用來引導狀語。如：

He was late due to the very heavy traffic.

由于交通擁擠他遲到了。

★原聲例句：I give it its due. I take it to therapy.

我會給它它應得的。我帶它去接受治療。

★原聲例句：Those are probably due to technical errors. But the reality is that people are very nervous.

這或許是技術故障引起的。但現實是人們非常緊張。

We are evacuating immediately due to a possible bomb.

因為發現炸彈威脅，現在需要緊急疏散。

圖片源自《24小時》

At this dinner, we don't discriminate due to age.

本餐廳不搞尊老愛幼那一套。

圖片源自《打工姐妹花》

4. what they need in order to survive

他們所需要用以生存的（技能）

in order to 為了...

=for the purpose of

I went home in order to change my clothes.

我回家換衣服。

活學活用：

請用 due 隨意造句

《真正的愛是什么？為何如此重要？》：人們很容易就會愛上那些擁有超群智慧，具有非凡成就或美貌的人。但愛一個外表美麗、舉止優雅的人并不是什么特別的壯舉，真正需要我們注意的是對扭曲的、凋零的、自我厭惡的事物的愛。我們會漸漸明白，真正的愛是注視著人們的心，意識到我們都有缺點，而不是把注意力放在那些會消失的物質上。

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