She knew all my little peccadillos. People call these things imperfections, but they're not. That's the good stuff. And then we get to choose who we let into our weird little worlds.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. pec‧ca‧dil‧lo /ˌpekəˈdɪləʊ $ -loʊ/包含四音节,重音落在第三音节;
2. imperfection /ˌɪmpəˈfekʃn $ ˌɪmpərˈfekʃn/ 重音在倒数第二音节;
3. weird /wɪəd $ wɪrd/英美发音有差别。
言之有物:
1. peccadillo n. 小错误,小过失;小岔子
来自西班牙语 pecado, 罪过,罪恶,-illo, 小词后缀。
*复数形式:peccadilloes or peccadillos
a youthful peccadillo
年轻时犯的小错误
2. imperfection n. 缺点;瑕疵
im- 否定前缀,表示“无,没有(not, opposite)”。perfection n. 完美,完善。
They learned to live with each other's imperfections.
他们学会了容忍对方的缺点。
They can reveal every imperfection and flaw in his character.
它们会体现一个人所有的缺陷。
图片源自《300勇士》
3. 词链儿:get to do sth 有机会做某事;着手做某事
She gets to travel all over the place with her job.
她做这个工作可以到各地旅行。
It's not fair—I never get to go first.
这不公平,我从来没有机会先走。
You get to go to seventh grade, I get to date your dad.
你能上七年级,而我能跟你爸约会。
图片源自《坏老师》
This way, you get to live and I get to be…
而这个办法,你们能活下去,而我能……
图片源自《行尸走肉》
4. 词链儿:let XX into ... 允许某人进入...
So in a sense, he let me into your life.
因此从某种意义上说,他让我进入到了你的生活。
Just five months ago, I let him into my heart and started to live a fuller life.
短短的五个月前,他走入了我的心田,让我的生活变得更充实。
★原声例句:They liked my work so they let me into some advanced classes.
他们喜欢我的作品,所以让我去上一些高级课程。
★原声例句:They dug up their fields and let us into their homes.
他们挖掘自己的土地,让我们进入他们的家园。
Jack Ruby is let into a garage by one of his inside men on the police force.
获准由警方的一名内线人陪同进车库。
图片源自《刺杀肯尼迪》
I was still waiting to be let into school.
学校还没开门。
图片源自《特别响非常近》
活学活用:
请用 let sb into ... 随意造句
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