True love involves precisely not giving someone what is their due, but giving them instead, what they need in order to survive.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. involve中包含舌侧音/l/
2. due的发音,英音为/djuː/,美音为/duː/
言之有物:
1. 词链儿:involve something / doing something
The second accident involved two cars and a lorry.
第二起事故涉及两辆轿车与一辆卡车。
The operation involves putting a small tube into your heart.
手术要求在你心脏处放一根小管子。
Nothing that will involve blackmailing you into hunting him down.
反正不会威胁你去追杀他。
图片源自《绿箭》
2. precisely adv. 恰恰地;精确地
正是...
=exactly
We arrived at precisely two o'clock.
我们两点整到达。
3. 词链儿:what is their due 他们应得的东西
*due用作名词,意为“应得的东西,正当报酬”
He finally received his due.
他终于得到了他应得的。
*due用作形容词,“应付给的,到期的”,通常只作表语
The check will become due on July 10th.
该支票将于7月10日到期。
The only thing is, the application is due this Friday.
问题是,申请到本周五就截止了。
图片源自《新飞跃比弗利》
*“预定到达的”,通常只作表语
What time is the train due?
火车预定什么时间到?
用法:due to(介词) 由于,因为,由...引起。
按照传统语法 due to 主要引导表语,一般不引导状语。
His absence was due to the storm.
他因暴风雨而缺席。
Her success was due to her hard work.
她成功是因为她努力工作。
但是在现代英语中,due to也可用来引导状语。如:
He was late due to the very heavy traffic.
由于交通拥挤他迟到了。
★原声例句:I give it its due. I take it to therapy.
我会给它它应得的。我带它去接受治疗。
★原声例句:Those are probably due to technical errors. But the reality is that people are very nervous.
这或许是技术故障引起的。但现实是人们非常紧张。
We are evacuating immediately due to a possible bomb.
因为发现炸弹威胁,现在需要紧急疏散。
图片源自《24小时》
At this dinner, we don't discriminate due to age.
本餐厅不搞尊老爱幼那一套。
图片源自《打工姐妹花》
4. what they need in order to survive
他们所需要用以生存的(技能)
in order to 为了...
=for the purpose of
I went home in order to change my clothes.
我回家换衣服。
活学活用:
请用 due 随意造句
《真正的爱是什么?为何如此重要?》:人们很容易就会爱上那些拥有超群智慧,具有非凡成就或美貌的人。但爱一个外表美丽、举止优雅的人并不是什么特别的壮举,真正需要我们注意的是对扭曲的、凋零的、自我厌恶的事物的爱。我们会渐渐明白,真正的爱是注视着人们的心,意识到我们都有缺点,而不是把注意力放在那些会消失的物质上。
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