跟著Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第652期
Be open to learning and admitting when you don't know what the hell is going on. Refuse to hold yourself back, and dare to dream big.
語音講解
今日發音練習重點:
1. admitting 口語中後鼻音簡化為前鼻音,/tn/形成鼻腔爆破。鼻爆不強求一定會發。
2. dream 注意連綴/dr/的發音。
言之有物
1. 詞鏈兒:what the hell is going on 到底發生什麼事了
the hell起加強語氣的作用
what (the hell) is going on=what is happening
They are too young to understand what is going on
他們還太小,不明白髮生了什麼事。
I am dying to know what is going on here.
我太想知道這裡發生了啥。
What the hell do you think you're doing here? 你在這到底在幹嘛?
2. 詞鏈兒:hold XX back 阻擋、阻止、退縮
It's not right to hold a friend back from her dreams. That's not how friendship works.
No walls, no fences, nothing to hold him back.
沒有牆,沒有籬笆,沒有什麼可以阻擋他。
Will the men please hold back? 男士們請退後。
3. 詞鏈兒:dare to do something 敢做XX
Young people should dare to think, speak and act.
青年人是應該敢想、敢說、敢幹
anybody in a grey place dares to dream. 身處灰暗,卻依然敢於夢想。
4. 詞鏈兒:dream big 放膽作夢
反義詞:dream small
Dream big and challenge yourself.
懷揣大夢想,自我挑戰。
活學活用
請用 dare to do something 隨意造句
《權遊 “二丫”TEDX演講:只要有才華,成功只是時間的問題》(TEDX Speech : Success is only a matter of time if you have talent):演講者麥茜·威廉姆斯(Maisie Williams)是一名英國演員,在電視劇《權力的遊戲》中扮演史塔克家族的二女兒艾莉亞·史塔克 。也因這一角色而廣為人知。她在TEDX演講中向我們分享了,只要有才華,成功只是時間的問題。
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