Do you ever get a little bit tired of life?
Like you're not really happy but you don't wanna die.
Like you're hanging by a thread but you gotta survive.
'Cause you gotta survive.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. life die survive 押韵 /ai/;
2. you (w) ever 元元连读+/w/;
3. by (j) a 元元连读+/j/;注意带出的/w/ /j/不可刻意;
4. hanging 注意后鼻音,舌根和软腭接触,气流从鼻腔逸出。
言之有物:
1. 词链儿:do/did you ever do XX?
你XX过么?
Did you ever go on a cruise?
你搭过游轮吗?
Do you ever feel that you just got lucky?
你可曾觉得自己只是运气好?
回顾【don't you ever do XX】
2. 词链儿:get a little bit tired of XX
对XX感到厌烦
I was getting tired of all her negative remarks.
我对她的那些消极言论越来越感到厌烦了。
I'm tired of hiding and tired of lying by omission.
我厌倦了躲藏,我厌倦了用回避而撒谎。
I am old and tired of life.
我老了,对生活也厌倦了。
Why? Tired of walking in those heels?
咋了?厌倦了穿高跟鞋走远路吗?
3. 词链儿:hang by a thread
命悬一线;岌岌可危;危在旦夕...
英释:to be in a very dangerous situation or state: to be very close to death, failure...
He is still in hospital, his life hanging by a thread.
他仍在医院里,命悬一线。
Your marriage is already hanging by a thread.
你的婚姻已经命悬一线。
★原声例句:Their championship hopes hang by a thread.
他们赢得冠军的希望已岌岌可危。
★原声例句:His frail life seemed to hang by a thread.
他脆弱的生命似乎已垂危。
-We're hanging by a thread.
-Then we hang on for as long as we can.
-我们支撑得太勉强了。
-那我们就尽可能地坚持。
图片源自《神盾局特工》
I'm hanging by a thread here.
我已经快抵抗不住了。
图片源自《康斯坦丁》
4. gotta; wanna
wanna=want to/a
gotta=have/has got to/a
回顾【口语中的缩约词】
活学活用:
请用 hang by a thread 随意造句
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