How to be brave?
How can I love when I'm afraid to fall?
But watching you stand alone
All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. brave和afraid中都包含双元音 /eɪ/,要注意元音的滑动;
2. doubt中的字母b不发音;
3. suddenly /ˈsʌdnli/ 可采用鼻腔爆破的发音方式。
言之有物:
1. 词链儿:stand alone
① 坚强独立
英释:to be strong and independent
the courage to stand alone
坚强独立的勇气
② 孤立,独处
The arch once stood alone at the entrance to the castle.
拱门曾经孤零零地矗立在城堡的入口处。
A fine gentleman stands alone in a doorway.
一位举止儒雅的绅士寂寥地站在门口。
He came to us. He didn't want Sweeney to stand alone.
他来找的我们,他不想让斯威尼孤军作战。
图片源自《新闻编辑室》
I‘ve had to stand alone against Evanora and watch.
我只能单枪匹马对付伊瓦诺拉。
图片源自《魔境仙踪》
Saw the half inch of wick stand alone at last.
最后只剩半寸孤独的灯芯。
图片源自《行尸走肉》
2. 词链儿:go away
①〔问题、不愉快的感觉等〕消失
The smell still hasn't gone away.
气味还没散尽。
② 离开,走开
Go away and leave me alone!
走开!别管我!
Go away, I want to be alone, right?
走开,我想一个人静一静,好吗?
图片源自《殊途同归》
We can go away together, you and me.
我们可以一起离开,你和我。
图片源自《我欲为人》
3. somehow adv.
由于某种未知的原因;不知为什么;不知怎么地
She looked different somehow.
不知怎么地,她看上去变了。
Somehow, I don't feel I can trust him.
不知为什么,我觉得不能信任他。
★原声例句:Somehow, that seemed like a great idea at the time.
不知何故,那在当时似乎是个好主意。
★原声例句:That's not magnetic, but somehow it's interacting with a magnet.
它没有磁性,但不知何故,它与磁铁相互作用。
It's more than that, it's like we're connected somehow…mind, body, soul and, everything.
但绝不仅止于此,感觉我们亲密无间,思想身体和灵魂所有的一切。
图片源自《殊途同归》
But somehow, in the cosmic joke, that is my life.
但我的人生就像一场天大的笑话,不知怎的。
图片源自《美国恐怖故事》
活学活用:
请用 somehow 随意造句
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