If I got down on my knees and I pleaded with you
If I crossed a million oceans just to be with you
Would you ever let me down?
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. down 难发音组:/daʊ→n/
2. pleaded /ˈpliːdɪd/ 两个元音前紧后松
3. million 英美发音略有不同
言之有物:
1. If I got down on my knees and I pleaded with you...
如果我跪下双膝向你恳求
*虚拟语气
从句:if + 过去时;
主句:主语 + would + 动词原形。
谈论现在或将来非真实的或者不大可能发生的情况,在if从句中用过去时(即使表示的意思是现在的或将来的);主句中用would+动词原形。
If I knew her name, I would tell you.
如果我知道她的名字,我会告诉你的。(实际情况是“我不知道”或“我知道的可能性很小”)
What would you do if you lost your job?(实际没有失去工作)
假如你失去工作你会怎么办?
词链儿:get/go down on one's knees 跪下乞求
be on one's knees 跪下
He got/went down on one knee and asked her to marry him.
他单膝跪下向她求婚。
He was on his knees, searching for the missing spring.
他双腿跪着寻找丢失的弹簧。
I need you to get on your knees.
我要你跪下。
图片源自《大西洋帝国》
词链儿:plead with XX (to do sth) 恳求某人(做某事)
→ 近义词:implore或beg
She pleaded with him to stay.
她恳求他留下。
His eyes silently pleaded with her.
他默默地用眼神恳求她。
Robert's gonna plead with us to let him enlist.
罗伯特会恳求我们让他入伍。
图片源自《林肯》
But I may yet be able to plead with the King on your behalf.
但我能代表你向国王求情。
图片源自《火枪手》
2. If I crossed a million oceans just to be with you...
如果我横越亿万个海洋只为与你相守
→ a million oceans 无数的海洋
million n. 在句中表示"极其庞大的数目";"无数"
I’ve got a million ideas.
我主意多得很。
Even though you had a million reasons to.
尽管你有无数个理由这么做。
图片源自《24小时》
3. Would you ever let me down?
你是否依然会让我失望
词链儿:let XX down 使某人失望/辜负某人的期望
I'm afraid she let us down badly.
很遗憾,她让我们大失所望。
★原声例句:I will never ever let you down.
我永远不会让你们失望。
★原声例句:I sort of feel like the system let me down a bit.
我觉得这个体制让我有点失望。
You know, you've never let me down. Pagie.
你从来没有让我失望过,佩吉。
图片源自《犯罪心理》
And he hasn't let me down so far.
他至今都没让我失望过。
图片源自《超感神探》
活学活用:
请用 let XX down 随意造句
《因为我爱你》(Because I love you):被誉为英国新猫王的Shakin Stevens,在英国及欧洲都是家喻户晓的超级巨星,以演唱老式的Reckabilly为主。在1986年,Shakin Stevens以一首《Because I love you》,红遍海内外。在演绎这首歌时, Shakin Stevens一改昔日活蹦乱跳的演唱风格,而是诚恳地唱出这首动听情歌以至轰动了整个欧美,也掳获了无数乐迷的心。
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