I think land people waste a lot of time wondering why. Winter comes and you can’t wait for summer. Summer comes and you live in dread of winter.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. wondering 可发成/ˈwʌndərɪŋ/或 /ˈwʌndrɪŋ/,二或三音节。
2. dread注意/dr/的辅音连缀,不要丢掉/r/音。
言之有物:
1. 词链儿: waste time (in) doing sth
浪费时间做...
You're wasting your time trying to explain it to him.
你跟他解释是在浪费时间。
2. 词链儿:wonder why/how/what/who/where...
〔对某事〕感到疑惑;想要知道
I wonder who she is.
我在想她是谁。
I wonder why he's in such a mood today.
我不知道他为什么今天脾气这么坏。
3. 词链儿:can't wait for/to do sth
迫不及待;等不及...
The children can't wait for Christmas to come.
孩子们等圣诞节都等不及了。
I can't wait to see you.
我迫不及待地想要见你。
I can't wait to get your professional opinion.
等不及想听你的专业意见。
图片源自《新飞跃比弗利》
We can't wait to see how it ends.
我们迫不及待想知道结局。
图片源自《新飞跃比弗利》
4. 词链儿:live in dread of...
担心...;活在对...的恐惧中
dread noun. 恐惧;令人惧怕的事物
She lives in dread of the disease returning.
她整天担心着会旧病复发。
The committee members live in dread of anything that may cause a scandal.
委员会成员整天提心吊胆,生怕有什么事会引起流言蜚语。
★原声例句:We live in dread of being cast out if we were to dare to say what we want.
如果我们敢说我们想要什么,我们会生活在害怕被驱逐的恐惧中。
★原声例句:I live in fear and dread of the Coronavirus hitting a refugee camp.
我生活在对冠状病毒袭击难民营的恐惧中。
I live in mortal dread of getting out on the stage.
我生活在对登台的极度恐惧中。
图片源自《又到了圣诞节》
活学活用:
请用 live in dread of ... 随意造句
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