The Double Seventh Festival is called Chinese Valentine's Day and becomes popular among both the traditional elder generation and the young people in life.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. double末尾为舌边爆破/bl/,不要发成bo;
2. seventh和both中的th对应的发音为/θ/
言之有物:
1. be called XX 名叫,叫作;把…唤作
Our son is called Matthew.
我们的儿子叫马修。
2. “七夕节”的英文说法:
Double Seventh Festival;
Chinese Valentine's Day;
Qixi Festival ;
Qiqiao Festival
3. become popular 变得受喜爱的;受欢迎的
Skiing has become very popular recently.
滑雪运动最近盛行起来。
Spicy foods have become increasingly popular.
辛辣食物越来越受欢迎。
I might become popular. I might get in with the popular kids.
我能变得受欢迎,和校园名人打成一片。
图片源自《龙虎少年队》
4. the traditional elder generation 思想传统的老一辈
the younger generation 年轻的一代
the older/elder generation 老一辈
*词汇辨析:elder & older
elder与eldest主要指家中兄弟姐妹的排行,也可以用older与oldest。
也就是说,在表示年龄大小方面,elder和older可替换。
my elder / older brother 我的哥哥
her eldest / oldest boy 她的大儿子
…your elder sister's wedding. She looked very glamorous.
你姐姐结婚时的照片,她很漂亮。
图片源自《唐顿庄园》
*注意:elder不能后面加上than做比较,要用older。
He is older than I am. 他年纪比我大。
但elder还可用来表示地位高、阅历深。older没有此层含义。而且elder可用作名词,表示”先辈“或”年长的人“,而older无此用法。
He is an elder statesman.
他是一位政治元老/资深政客。
the tribal elders
部落长老们
活学活用:
请用 elder/older generation 随意造句
七夕节:又称七巧节、七姐节、女儿节、乞巧节等,是中国民间的传统节日。七夕节既是拜祭七姐的节日,也是爱情的节日,是一个以“牛郎织女”民间传说为载体,以祈福、乞巧、爱情为主题,以女性为主体的综合性节日。相传每年七月初七,牛郎织女会于天上的鹊桥相会。
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