Elastic hours, they expand and shrink.
Memories blur, faster than you think.
One moment's forever, the next just a blink.
In this elastic time, we sink or swim.
語(yǔ)音講解:
今日發(fā)音練習(xí)重點(diǎn):
言之有物:
1. 詞鏈兒:elastic hours 彈性時(shí)光
近義表達(dá):
flexible hours
flex-time
→elastic adj. 靈活的,有伸縮性的
Our plans are fairly elastic.
我們的計(jì)劃有相當(dāng)大的靈活性。
elastic materials
彈性材料
2. 詞鏈兒:expand and shrink
擴(kuò)張和收縮
expand v. 擴(kuò)大,增加
shrink v. (使)縮小,(使)收縮
Water expands as it freezes.
水結(jié)冰時(shí)會(huì)膨脹。
We want to expand the business, not shrink it.
我們要擴(kuò)大業(yè)務(wù),而不是縮小。
My sweater shrank in the wash.
我的毛衣縮水了。
拓展詞鏈兒:shrink from (doing) sth
畏避,回避(困難等)
They did not shrink from doing what was right.
只要做得對(duì),他們就無(wú)所畏懼。
3. 詞鏈兒:memories blur
記憶迷離
→blur v. (使)模糊,(使)看不清楚
Tears blurred her eyes.
淚水模糊了她的雙眼。
4. 詞鏈兒:... is just a blink
轉(zhuǎn)瞬即逝
a blink 眨眼;一瞬間
拓展詞鏈兒:in the blink of an eye 眨眼的工夫;很快
5. 詞鏈兒:sink or swim
不自救,必沉淪;自己努力,以求生存
The new students were just left to sink or swim.
學(xué)校完全讓新生自生自滅。
I have a feeling we will sink or swim together.
恐怕我們要共同度過(guò)這個(gè)難關(guān)。
影視片段《唐頓莊園 第一季》
I have to sink or swim on my own here.
這事的成敗我得自己負(fù)責(zé)。
影視片段《了不起的麥瑟爾夫人》
活學(xué)活用:
請(qǐng)用 sink or swim 隨意造句
“Hours” 是 DLSS 演唱的一首英語(yǔ)流行歌曲。旋律優(yōu)美動(dòng)人,與歌詞配合相得益彰。通過(guò)節(jié)奏的巧妙變化,營(yíng)造出時(shí)間流動(dòng)、變幻的感覺,讓聽眾仿佛置身于時(shí)光的長(zhǎng)河中,感受著時(shí)間的伸縮與記憶的交織。
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