You can miss a single being, even though you're surrounded by countless others.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. single 注意词尾/gl/；

2. being 词内元元连读，以/j/作为连接音。

言之有物：

1. a single being 一个人

being n. 生物

human beings 人类

a strange being from another planet

来自另一星球的奇怪生物

回顾【all sentient beings 有情众生】

I'm being a human being here. I'm talking to you.

我是在表现人性，我在跟你说话。

图片源自《行尸走肉》

2. are surrounded by countless others

→ 词链儿：be surrounded by XX 被XX围住

The field is surrounded by a high fence.

那块田被高篱所围。

★原声例句：I'm currently surrounded by books. They're everywhere.

我现在被书包围了，它们无处不在。

★原声例句：We are not going to be surrounded by four walls. We're going to be able to move forward.

我们不会被四堵墙包围。我们会继续前进的。

回顾【纵然被人群包围，我依然觉得孤独。】

The prison is surrounded by so much press.

监狱被太多媒体包围。

图片源自《打工姐妹花》

Well, I was surrounded by all these girls.

那些女孩围着我转。

图片源自《新飞跃比弗利》

→ countless others 无数人

countless adj. 无数的，数不胜数的

-less 形容词后缀：无…的；不…的

近义词：numberless innumerable/??nju?m?r?b?l $ ??nu?-/

区分：uncountable adj.（名词）不可数的

回顾【... that I am soulless and heartless】

The new treatment could save Emma's life and the lives of countless others.

新的疗法可拯救埃玛以及无数其他人的生命。

Yeah. You've had five stepdads, countless foster dads.

你有五个继父，数不清的养父。

图片源自《熟女镇》

……and countless others forged by steady and sensible hand.

连同无数勇士，前赴后继。

图片源自《斯巴达克斯》

活学活用：

请用 be surrounded by XX 随意造句

《摩根先生最后的爱》（Mr. Morgan's Last Love）：美国老人摩根（迈克尔·凯恩 Michael Caine 饰）在妻子死后独居巴黎，内心寂寞。在偶遇年轻而具有活力的女孩宝琳（克蕾曼丝·波西 Clémence Poésy 饰）后，摩根先生重新燃起了对生活的热情。他和宝琳共同度过了一段短暂而珍贵的日子——这段美好的日子使他们改变了对生活的态度，亦使他们终生难忘。

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