I stay up all night.
Tell myself I'm alright.
Baby, you're just harder to see than most.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. stay(j) up all night 词间元元连读、辅元连读
2. night/alright 押韵 /a?t/
言之有物:
1. 词链儿:stay up (late) 深夜不睡;熬夜
词链儿:stay up all night 彻夜不眠/熬通宵
We stayed up all night watching the comedy show.
我们彻夜未眠,看着喜剧表演。
A new study shows that staying up all night to study isn't a great idea.
一项新的研究显示,熬通宵学习并不是个好主意。
He has the bad habit of staying up late.
他有熬夜的坏习惯。
拓展:night owl n. 夜猫子,喜欢熬夜的人
★原声例句:To pull an all-nighter is to stay up all night, normally working or studying.
Pull an all-nighter就是熬夜,通常是工作或学习。
I pulled an all-nighter for today’s test last night.
为了今天这场考试,昨晚我开了夜车。
★原声例句:I'm a night owl. I like to stay up all night.
我是个夜猫子,我喜欢熬夜。
Hey, why don't we stay up all night?
我们今晚别睡了吧?
图片源自《熟女镇》
I can't stay up late like he does.
我不能像他那样熬夜到很晚。
图片源自《绝望的主妇》
→ 近义表达:burn the midnight oil 挑灯夜战,熬夜
The students have been burning the midnight oil as they prepare for their final exams.
学生们一直在开夜车准备期末考试。
→近义表达:pull an all-nighter 开夜车/熬通宵(尤指在大学考试前的)
He pulled an all-nighter to study for the exam.
=He stayed up all night to study for the exam.
他熬了个通宵温习。
→ 拓展:catch up on one's/some sleep 补觉
Why don't you go back to the house and catch up on your sleep?
为什么你不回屋子里补个觉呢?
Did you catch up on your beauty sleep?
睡好你的美容觉了吗?
2. Tell myself I'm alright.
= (I) Tell myself (that) I'm alright.
alright = all right
图片源自牛津词典
3. you're just harder to see than most
你只不过是更难见到罢了
词链儿:be harder to do XX 做XX更难了
Desegregation may be harder to enforce in rural areas.
废除种族隔离可能更难在乡村地区实施。
It's getting harder and harder to keep her at arm's length.
要跟她保持距离越来越难了。
Mental exhaustion or physical, what's harder to overcome?
心理上的疲劳或者是身体上的,哪个更难克服呢?
活学活用:
请用 stay up all night 随意造句
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