And so the question that you chose to ask
"Will it be better where we're going?"
And though the answer I don't know for a fact
Still my heart is saying "Oh yes"
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. to ask 可连读,也可喉塞音 / will it 连读
2. is saying 后进同化
言之有物:
1. 词链儿:better off 生活改善、情况转好
Today's pensioners are better off than they used to be.
现在靠养老金生活的人比他们原来生活要更好些。
I know I'd be better off in a warmer climate.
我知道在暖和的气候里我情况会好得多。
词链儿:better off without 没有……生活反而更好
I'm better off without him. 没有他我活得更好。
词链儿:better off doing XX 最好做某事
As a computer programmer, you're better off moving to a city that's home to a lot of tech companies.
作为一个电脑程序员,你最好搬去有很多科技公司的城市。
You're better off staying in here. 你在这里更好啊。
图片源自《好家伙》
2. 词链儿:know for a fact 确确实实地知道
I know for a fact that he did it.
我确定是他干的。
I know for a fact that he was lying.
我确定地知道他在撒谎。
I know for a fact... 我知道这个事实...
图片源自《哈利波特与火焰杯》
You know this for a fact? 你确定?
图片源自《生死狙击》
活学活用:
请用 know for a fact 随意造句
《更好》(Better Off):是歌手Lindsey Ray演唱的一首流行歌曲,所属专辑Goodbye From California。
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