Its torrent dashes down three thousand feet from high,

As if the Silver River fell from the blue sky.

語音講解：

今日發音練習重點：

言之有物：

1. 詞匯：torrent n. 湍流，急流

After the winter rains, the stream becomes a raging torrent.

冬雨過后，溪流湍急。

The rain came down in torrents.

大雨如注。

2. 詞鏈兒：dash down

飛瀉；猛沖而下；快速寫下

Tears dashed down her cheeks.

淚水奪眶而出。

She dashed down the key points during the lecture.

她在講座中匆匆記下要點。

3. 詞鏈兒：as if

好像……

I felt as if my heart had stopped.

我覺得好像我的心都不跳了。

He acts as if he knew everything.

他表現得好像什么都知道似的。

I dream about her. It's as if... some part of her is reaching out to me.

我常夢到她。就好像...... 她的某個部分來尋找我。

影視片段《星際之門 SG-1 第一季》

All those old men looking down at me, frowning, as if... as if it was all a dreadful mistake.

那些老人們低頭看著我，皺著眉頭，就像...... 就好像一切都是大錯。

影視片段《維多利亞 第三季》

4. 詞鏈兒：the Silver River

銀河

5. 詞鏈兒：fall from

從……落下

Many apples fall from trees when they are fully-grown.

蘋果太成熟了就會從樹上落下來。

活學活用：

請用 as if 隨意造句

《望廬山瀑布》是詩人李白隱居廬山時寫的一首風景詩。詩中李白運用極其夸張的浪漫主義創作手法，再現了廬山瀑布的雄奇壯麗，盡情抒發了對大自然的贊美之情，如 “飛流直下三千尺，疑是銀河落九天” 等名句流傳千古。

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