I'd rather be hated for who I am
than waste it all giving a damn.
You (had) better find out
who your friends are in disguise.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. I'd rather/you'd better 两个d分别是would和had的缩约
2. 单词内字母不发音的情况:damn/column/tomb/doubt
言之有物:
1. 词链儿:would rather do...than do...
宁可...也不...
I would rather spend long hours on the train than travel by air.
我旅行时宁愿坐几个小时的火车也不愿乘飞机。
回顾【would rather be/do...(than...) 】
2. 词链儿:had better do... 最好做某事
*had没有人称或数的变化,口语中有可能被省略,you better...
You had better be careful.
你最好小心点。
It's five o'clock. I'd better go now before the traffic gets too bad.
现在5点钟,我最好现在就走,免得堵车太厉害。
3. friends in disguise 伪装的朋友/假朋友
词链儿:in disguise 伪装的 /变相的
I've heard that she sometimes travels around the country in disguise.
我听说她有时候在国内乔装旅行。
He says that the new fee is really just a tax increase in disguise.
他说这项新的费用其实是变相增加税收。
Afflictions are sometimes blessings in disguise.
塞翁失马,焉知非福。
(词链儿:a blessing in disguise 因祸得福)
★原声例句:It's stigma in disguise.
这是伪装的耻辱。
★原声例句:Sometimes a problem is a blessing in disguise.
有时问题是一件好事(因祸得福)。
活学活用:
请用 in disguise 随意造句
《In Disguise》:美国新生代独立唱作人Ashe发布的全新单曲《In Disguise》,这支单曲也是即将发行的《The Moral of the Story Chapter 2》中的先导曲目。
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