跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第1055期

Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. find注意/aɪ/和/n/的发音组合，不要发成“饭”

2. finds用平调或升调读出，提示后面还有内容

言之有物：

解读一：

解读二：

解读三：

So love does not alter or change if circumstances around it change. If physical, mental or spiritual change does come, love remains the same, steadfast and true.

解读四：

He begins by saying that true love or friendship never changes. If it happens to change or alter than it is not true love. If a lover leaves his beloved when she gets cold with the coming of age, then he is not a true lover.

1. alter—alteration 改变

alter=change / modify

词语搭配：

to alter a coat 修剪外套

to alter a will 改变意愿

She’ll need to alter her wedding gown to make it fit.

她得修改一下结婚礼服，让其合身。

Life altered you, as it's altered me.

生活改变了你我。

图片源自《唐顿庄园 第一季》

Physical alternation. Augmentation.

生理改造和整容。

图片源自《变脸》

2. remove—remover 搬运工，去除剂

remove 移除 去除 ≈erase

removed the cups from the table

把杯子从桌子上拿开

removed my boots

脱掉靴子

remove a stain

去渍

I opened his skull and removed his brain.

把他的脑子拿掉。

图片源自《亚当斯一家的价值观》

I removed the pressure.

我把压力解除了。

图片源自《广告狂人》

活学活用：

请用 alter/ remove 随意造句

《理智与情感》（Sense and Sensibility）:影片讲述一个英国庄园主去世后，由于遗产法规定家产只传男不传女，他的女儿们都面临着扫地出门的命运，嫁一个好丈夫便成了她们的燃眉之急。大女儿为了全家的幸福她深深藏起自己的儿女私情；小女儿为了追求爱情甘愿付出。最终“理智”和“情感”都得到了真爱.

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