Tough times create strong men.
Strong men create easy times.
Easy times create weak men.
Weak men create tough times.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. easy & weak 均包含紧音 /i?/;
2. cre‘ate 包含两音节,词间元元连读带出/j/;
3. man/?/ & men/e/ 注意区分元音。
言之有物:
1. tough times/days 艰难岁月/难熬的日子
= hard times/days
= rough times/days
回顾【The rough times are gonna come. But they have not come to stay, they have come to pass.】
→ time n. (可数)时光,时日,岁月
They had their happy times, but they had their hard times too.
他们有过快乐的时光,但也经历过艰难的岁月。
→ tough 一词多义
① adj. 艰苦的;艰难的
词链儿:have a tough time (of it) 日子很难过
She's been having a tough time of it lately.
她最近的日子一直很难熬。
It's been a tough day for him, it's been tough on his spirit.
他今天过得很不顺,心理饱受折磨。
图片源自《我要当警察》
② adj. 坚强的;坚韧不拔的
He plays the tough guy in the movie.
他在电影中扮演硬汉。
She's a tough cookie/customer.
她是个有主见的人。
Yeah, she's tough, but I think we need it tough.
嗯,她很难对付,但我觉得我们需要这样。
图片源自《太空堡垒卡拉狄加》
③ adj. 坚固的
a tough pair of shoes
一双结实的鞋子
→ 拓展词链儿:
be/get/go through tough times 经历艰苦岁月
get through tough times together 共渡难关
in tough times 在艰难时期
Tough times never last but tough people do.
艰苦的时光终将过去,坚强的人必将苦尽甘来。
Tough times never last, but tough people do.
艰难的岁月不会没完没了,坚强的人会始终如一。
★原声例句:We don't always know why people go through tough times.
我们并不总是知道人们为什么会经历困难时期。
★原声例句:They are the ones who are there to help you get through tough times like this.
他们会在那里帮助你度过像这样的困难时期。
回顾【“很丧”的一百种英文表达~】
Tough times come and go, but tough people carry on.
艰难的岁月来了又去,但坚强的人会坚持下去。
2. tough times 的反义表达:easy times 休闲时刻→安逸时代
活学活用:
请用 be/get/go through tough times 随意造句
阿隆·麦基(Aaron McKie):美国NBA联盟前职业篮球运动员。麦基于费城76人队主要担任埃里克·斯诺及艾伦·艾弗森的替补,于2001年获得最佳第六人。麦基与艾弗森建立了深厚的友谊,在被问到哪位队友对自己的帮助最大,艾弗森重复了好几次麦基的名字:“他是我的队友,也是朋友”。
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