How to be brave?
How can I love when I'm afraid to fall?
But watching you stand alone
All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow
語音講解:
今日發音練習重點:
1. brave和afraid中都包含雙元音 /eɪ/,要注意元音的滑動;
2. doubt中的字母b不發音;
3. suddenly /ˈsʌdnli/ 可采用鼻腔爆破的發音方式。
言之有物:
1. 詞鏈兒:stand alone
① 堅強獨立
英釋:to be strong and independent
the courage to stand alone
堅強獨立的勇氣
② 孤立,獨處
The arch once stood alone at the entrance to the castle.
拱門曾經孤零零地矗立在城堡的入口處。
A fine gentleman stands alone in a doorway.
一位舉止儒雅的紳士寂寥地站在門口。
He came to us. He didn't want Sweeney to stand alone.
他來找的我們,他不想讓斯威尼孤軍作戰。
圖片源自《新聞編輯室》
I‘ve had to stand alone against Evanora and watch.
我只能單槍匹馬對付伊瓦諾拉。
圖片源自《魔境仙蹤》
Saw the half inch of wick stand alone at last.
最后只剩半寸孤獨的燈芯。
圖片源自《行尸走肉》
2. 詞鏈兒:go away
①〔問題、不愉快的感覺等〕消失
The smell still hasn't gone away.
氣味還沒散盡。
② 離開,走開
Go away and leave me alone!
走開!別管我!
Go away, I want to be alone, right?
走開,我想一個人靜一靜,好嗎?
圖片源自《殊途同歸》
We can go away together, you and me.
我們可以一起離開,你和我。
圖片源自《我欲為人》
3. somehow adv.
由于某種未知的原因;不知為什么;不知怎么地
She looked different somehow.
不知怎么地,她看上去變了。
Somehow, I don't feel I can trust him.
不知為什么,我覺得不能信任他。
★原聲例句:Somehow, that seemed like a great idea at the time.
不知何故,那在當時似乎是個好主意。
★原聲例句:That's not magnetic, but somehow it's interacting with a magnet.
它沒有磁性,但不知何故,它與磁鐵相互作用。
It's more than that, it's like we're connected somehow…mind, body, soul and, everything.
但絕不僅止于此,感覺我們親密無間,思想身體和靈魂所有的一切。
圖片源自《殊途同歸》
But somehow, in the cosmic joke, that is my life.
但我的人生就像一場天大的笑話,不知怎的。
圖片源自《美國恐怖故事》
活學活用:
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