A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a young boy’s shoulders, to let him know the world hadn’t ended.

語音講解：

今日發(fā)音練習(xí)重點(diǎn)：

1. re(j)assuring 單詞內(nèi)連音的情況

2. hadn’t ended中的/t/音可省略

言之有物:

1. to do something as simple and reassuring as...

as adj. and adj. as... 像...和...一樣

That dog is as big as a small horse, so I'm definitely not going over there!

那條狗和一條小馬一樣大，我肯定不會過去！

2. reassuring adj. 令人感到寬慰的；令人放心的

reassuring news 令人放心的消息

a reassuring smile/response 寬心一笑/的回應(yīng)

Well, that's reassuring.

嗯，這令人欣慰。

圖片源自《冰河世紀(jì)》

...give your partner a reassuring smile and a gentle kiss.

給伴侶一個安心的笑容和溫柔的吻。

圖片源自《小銀幕大電影》

reassured adj. 放心的；安心的

I feel much more reassured when I've been for a health check.

體檢之后我感到放心多了。

Oh，I feel completely reassured.

我感到完全放心。

圖片源自《怪醫(yī)豪斯》

reassure verb. 使某人放心

We reassured him that the project was on schedule.

我們向他保證項(xiàng)目按計(jì)劃進(jìn)行著。

I am just trying to reassure my husband.

我只是想讓我的丈夫放心。

圖片源自《絕望主婦》

★原聲例句：The retail sector situation for the end of 2019 is not reassuring.

2019年底零售業(yè)的狀況并不樂觀。

★原聲例句：It's really reassuring to work with someone that experienced, because you know that whatever happens, there will be a solution for the next problem.

與如此有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的人一起工作讓人安心，因?yàn)槟阒罒o論發(fā)生什么，總有解決辦法。

3. put a coat around someone's shoulders 給某人披上外套

put one's arm around someone's shoulder

將手摟在某人肩膀上

4. The world hadn’t ended. 世界沒有毀滅。

No worries, it doesn't mean that the world is ending.

不用擔(dān)心，行星連珠并不意味著世界末日。

I thought the world had ended.

我以為世界末日到了。

圖片源自《我本堅(jiān)強(qiáng)》

活學(xué)活用：

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