Remember, to love and be loved is life itself, without which we are nought.
— Charles Dickens
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. to love↗ and be loved↘ is life itself A and B 语调(前升后降);be重读;
2. itself 反身代词重音落在-self上
言之有物:
1. 词链儿:to love and be loved 爱与被爱 → 看作一个整体,系动词用is
We all need to love and be loved in life.
我们生活中需要的是爱与被爱。
There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. --George Sand.
生命中只有一种幸福,那就是爱与被爱。——乔治·桑传。
回顾【be loved and accepted 被爱 被接受】
★原声例句:I yearn to love and be loved.
我渴望爱和被爱。
★原声例句:He will help increase our capacity to love and be loved.
他将帮助我们增加爱和被爱的能力。
2. 词链儿:XX itself XX本身
itself 强调反身代词;自身,本身
I think life itself is a learning process.
我认为生活本身就是一个学习的过程。
The village itself is pretty, but the surrounding countryside is rather dull.
村子本身很美,但周围的田野相当单调。
The balcony itself is gonna be much, much bigger.
造好的阳台会相当,相当大。
图片源自《家有正太》
I would like to express my gratitude to all of you, and most of all thank you to the land itself.
在此我向大家表示感谢,并将深深的谢意送给这片土地。
图片源自《新飞跃比弗利》
3. without which
which = to love and be loved
4. nought
① n. 零(=zero)
nought point one 零点一 0.1
② n. 无,零(= nothing)(亦可拼写为naught)
词链儿:come to nought 毫无结果;一事无成
All our efforts have come to nought (= have not been successful).
我们所付出的努力都已付诸东流。
All their plans came to nought (=failed).
他们的所有计划都泡了汤。
-This is all for naught.
-I heard that!
-本来就是白念。
-我听见了。
图片源自《勇敢传说》
I would not see your brief labors turn to naught.
我可不想眼看着你短命的劳力就这么废了。
图片源自《诸神竞技场》
活学活用:
请用 to love and be loved 随意造句
《看不见的女人》(The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmão):故事发生在1950年巴西的里约热内卢,18岁的尤丽狄茜与20岁的吉达是一对形影不离的亲生姐妹,她们与保守的父母一同生活。虽然家风传统,姐妹俩却各自怀揣梦想:尤丽狄茜想做一名职业钢琴家,吉达渴望追寻真爱。在一次戏剧化的变故后,姐妹被迫分离,两人各自的梦想也因生活的无奈被搁置。即便如此,姐妹俩从未放弃找寻彼此的希望。
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