There must be more to life than this.
How do we cope in a world without love?
Mending all those broken hearts.
And tending to those crying faces.
語音講解:
今日發音練習重點:
言之有物:
1. 詞鏈兒:There must be more to life than this.
生活一定不止于此。
→there must be...
一定有......
There must be a way round the problem.
這個問題一定有辦法解決。
→there's more to... than...
......不僅僅是......
There is more to him than meets the eye.
他并非看上去那么簡單。
There's more to learning a language than just memorizing words.
學習一門語言不僅僅是記憶單詞。
There's more to life than indulging your every whim.
生活中有遠比縱容一切欲望更重要的東西。
影視片段《豪斯醫生》
There's more to life than work.
生活不僅僅是工作。
影視片段《童話鎮》
2. 詞匯:cope v. 〔成功地〕應付,對付
Sometimes I find it hard to cope.
有時候我覺得很難應付。
拓展詞鏈兒:cope with 對付,處理
My computer can cope with huge amounts of data.
我的計算機能夠處理大量數據。
He wasn't able to cope with the stresses and strains of the job.
對付這項工作的緊張與壓力,他無能為力。
3. 詞鏈兒:mend broken hearts
修補破碎的心
Friendship helps mend broken hearts.
友誼有助于撫慰受傷心靈。
→詞匯:mend v. 修理;修補; 彌合(分歧)
Could you mend my bike for me?
你能幫我修一下自行車嗎?
They tried to mend their differences.
他們試圖消除他們之間的分歧。
4. 詞鏈兒:tend to sb/sth
照料;照管......
Ambulance crews were tending to the injured.
救護車上的救護人員在照料受傷者。
活學活用:
請用 there's more to… than… 隨意造句
《There Must Be More To Life Than This》是2014年Michael Jackson、皇后樂隊Queen演唱的歌曲,收錄在專輯《Queen Forever》。
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