I think land people waste a lot of time wondering why. Winter comes and you can’t wait for summer. Summer comes and you live in dread of winter.
語音講解:
今日發音練習重點:
1. wondering 可發成/ˈwʌndərɪŋ/或 /ˈwʌndrɪŋ/,二或三音節。
2. dread注意/dr/的輔音連綴,不要丟掉/r/音。
言之有物:
1. 詞鏈兒: waste time (in) doing sth
浪費時間做...
You're wasting your time trying to explain it to him.
你跟他解釋是在浪費時間。
2. 詞鏈兒:wonder why/how/what/who/where...
〔對某事〕感到疑惑;想要知道
I wonder who she is.
我在想她是誰。
I wonder why he's in such a mood today.
我不知道他為什么今天脾氣這么壞。
3. 詞鏈兒:can't wait for/to do sth
迫不及待;等不及...
The children can't wait for Christmas to come.
孩子們等圣誕節都等不及了。
I can't wait to see you.
我迫不及待地想要見你。
I can't wait to get your professional opinion.
等不及想聽你的專業意見。
圖片源自《新飛躍比弗利》
We can't wait to see how it ends.
我們迫不及待想知道結局。
圖片源自《新飛躍比弗利》
4. 詞鏈兒:live in dread of...
擔心...;活在對...的恐懼中
dread noun. 恐懼;令人懼怕的事物
She lives in dread of the disease returning.
她整天擔心著會舊病復發。
The committee members live in dread of anything that may cause a scandal.
委員會成員整天提心吊膽,生怕有什么事會引起流言蜚語。
★原聲例句:We live in dread of being cast out if we were to dare to say what we want.
如果我們敢說我們想要什么,我們會生活在害怕被驅逐的恐懼中。
★原聲例句:I live in fear and dread of the Coronavirus hitting a refugee camp.
我生活在對冠狀病毒襲擊難民營的恐懼中。
I live in mortal dread of getting out on the stage.
我生活在對登臺的極度恐懼中。
圖片源自《又到了圣誕節》
活學活用:
請用 live in dread of ... 隨意造句
《海上鋼琴師》(The Legend of 1900):該片改編自亞利桑德羅·巴里克文學劇本《1900:獨白》,講述了一個被命名為“1900”的棄嬰在一艘遠洋客輪上與鋼琴結緣,成為鋼琴大師的傳奇故事。
關注微信號:TeacherGwen