I'm just a little bit caught in the middle

Life is a maze and love is a riddle

I don't know where to go, can't do it alone

I've tried, and I don't know why...

語音講解：

今日發音練習重點：

1. little/riddle/middle 英音發【舌邊爆破】；美音發【彈舌音+舌側音】

2. can't的發音，英音多發/ɑː/；美音發/æ/

言之有物：

1. I'm just a little bit caught in the middle.

我只是有點進退兩難。

詞鏈兒：be caught in the middle 被夾于中間→進退兩難/左右兩難

If you take over Dora's job, you are sure to be caught in the middle.

如果接替多拉的工作，你一定會被搞得進退兩難。

My parents are always arguing, and it’s me who gets caught in the middle.

我的父母總是吵架，而我被夾在中間左右為難。

I can't believe I got caught in the middle.

真不敢相信我也卷入其中。

圖片源自《新飛躍比弗利》

詞鏈兒：be/get caught in XX 陷入困境/缺少某物等

Innocent passers-by got caught up in the riots.

無辜的過路人被卷入了那場暴亂。

We got caught in a rainstorm on the way here.

過來的路上我們遇到了暴風雨。

Someone must be caught in that avalanche.

一定有人陷入山崩之中。

圖片源自《探險活寶》

★原聲例句：Middle managers also often feel caught in the middle with what seems like conflicting objectives.

中層管理者通常也會因為似乎相互沖突的目標而感到進退兩難。

★原聲例句：That left me caught in the middle with the task of trying to squeeze two very different books onto the same page.

試圖將兩本截然不同的書壓縮到同一頁上的任務讓我陷入了兩難。

2. Life is a maze. 生活是座迷宮。

maze noun. 迷宮

We got lost in the maze.

我們在迷宮里迷失了方向。

3. riddle noun. 謎語

① 詞鏈兒：solve the riddle (of...) 揭開...之謎/ 猜出謎語

See if you can solve this riddle.

看看你能不能猜出這個謎語。

It is quite certain that mankind will eventually solve the riddle of AIDS.

人類終將揭開艾滋病之謎，這一點是可以肯定的。

But now, thank God, you've helped to solve that riddle.

但是現在，感謝上帝，您已經幫助解決了這個難題。

圖片源自《實習醫生成長記》

I was hoping you'd figure out my riddle.

我一直希望你能解開我的謎語。

圖片源自《犯罪心理》

② 詞鏈兒：talk/speak in riddles 打啞謎〔指說話讓人難以理解〕

Stop talking in riddles！

別拐彎抹角了（有話直說）！

-You're talking in riddles. -You set up Atticus.

-你在打啞謎呢-是你陷害了阿提科斯。

圖片源自《唐頓莊園》

4. 詞鏈兒：do XX alone 獨自做...

Please help me; I can't do it alone.

請幫幫我，我一個人做不了這件事。

活學活用：

請用 be caught in the middle 隨意造句

《演出》 （The Show)：澳大利亞女歌手Lenka演唱的獨立流行歌曲，發布于2008年12月—2009年6月。它的音樂視頻被作為老海軍商業品牌以及電視劇《丑女貝蒂》（第3季）、電影《Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging》的宣傳片。The show是lenka專輯的開場曲。

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