跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第988期
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.
語音講解:
今日發音練習重點:
1. world's/z/=world is
2. 區分單詞發音:
man/mæn/和men/men/
woman/ˈwʊmən/和women/ˈwɪmɪn/
言之有物:
1. 有關all the world is...的語法:
all the world(整個世界)作爲一個整體,爲單數概念,因此be動詞用is。
All is well. 都挺好。
All is wrong. 全給弄擰了。
All is quiet and still. 萬籟俱寂。
語法拓展:表達否定時:
① 部分否定:not all.../
並非全部.../不是所有都...
並非所有的花兒都香。
Not all flowers smell good.
All flowers don't smell good.
remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.
② 完全否定:none/no
None of my friends can swim.
我所有的朋友都不會游泳.
2. merely 僅僅/不過是
He was far from being merely a furniture expert.
(詞鏈兒:far from being XX 遠不只是XX)
他絕不僅僅只是個傢俱專家。
I wasn't complaining, I merely said that I was tired.
我沒有在抱怨,只是說我很累了。
I did not kill him, merely tucked him away, very much as I found him.
(詞鏈兒:tuck someone away 將某人藏起來)
我沒有殺他,只是把他藏起來了,就像我發現他時的那樣。
圖片源自《沉默的羔羊》
It's merely controlled. 只不過是被控制了。
圖片源自《楚門的世界》
活學活用:
請用 merely 隨意造句
《本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇讀詩:人生有七個階段 》:卷福用標準英音,配上低沉的聲線和濃郁的文學氣息,朗讀了莎士比亞在《皆大歡喜》中通過傑奎斯的口吻描寫了人生的七個階段。
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