You and me together.
That's how it always should be.
One without the other,
Don't mean nothing to me.
語音講解:
今日發(fā)音練習重點:
言之有物:
1. 詞鏈兒:mean nothing to...
對......毫無意義/對......毫無印象
Money means nothing to him.
金錢對于他來說毫無價值。
Does the name Bryce mean anything to you?
你還記得布賴斯這個名字嗎?
詞鏈兒拓展:對......意義重大/很重要
mean something/everything to...
mean the world to...
mean a lot to...
I know how much your work means to you.
我知道你的工作對你有多重要。
The medal meant a lot to him.
那枚獎?wù)聦λ饬x重大。
Time meant nothing (=it was not important) to me while I was travelling.
旅行時,時間對我就不重要了。
Punishment means nothing to them.
處罰對他們毫無意義。
影視片段《發(fā)條橙 A Clockwork Orange》
This means something to me. If it doesn't mean anything to you, then you should get out of there.
這對我很重要。要是對你不重要,你就該從這離開。
影視片段《老友記 第四季》
2. 詞鏈兒:one without the other
一個沒有另一個/相依為命/缺一不可
You can't have one without the other.
缺一不可。
Honesty and grace because you know, one without the other doesn't work.
誠實和優(yōu)雅,兩者缺一不可。
3. 非標準語法現(xiàn)象:
*在一些特定的方言、口語習慣或特定文化群體的語言使用中,雙重否定被用來加強否定語氣。
口語 Don't mean nothing. 雙重否定,加強否定,意思是“毫無意義”。
規(guī)范的表達如果想表達 “毫無意義”,應(yīng)該是 ... doesn't mean anything 。
I don't have no money.
我沒錢。
活學活用:
請用 mean nothing/everything/something to... 隨意造句
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該曲曾獲得第 74 屆奧斯卡金像獎最佳原創(chuàng)歌曲,以輕松溫馨的風格展現(xiàn)了影片中角色間的深厚情誼。
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