I'm so sick of running as fast as I can,
Wondering if I'd get there quicker if I was a man.
And I'm so sick of them coming at me again.
'Cause if I was a man, then I'd be the man.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
言之有物:
1. 伴随状语:
I'm so sick of running as fast as I can,
Wondering if I'd get there quicker if I was a man.
wondering 是现在分词,在这里表示伴随主句的动作同时发生,即“一边对…… 感到厌倦,一边在思考……”。
*虚拟语气:
当从句表示与现在事实相反的假设时,be 动词一般要用 were,而不用 was。
if I was a man 在标准书面英语被认为是语法错误。
正确表达为:If I were a man...
2. 词链儿:
be sick of sth
be sick of doing sth
be sick of sb doing sth
be sick (and tired) of (doing)...
I'm sick of the way you've treated me.
你对待我的那一套我都厌倦了。
I'm sick and tired of your excuses.
你的借口我都听厌了。
Bernadette said you guys are all sick of me talking about my trip to space.
伯纳黛特说你们都特别烦我老提上太空的事。
影视片段《生活大爆炸》
'Cause I'm sick of clinics. I'm sick of doctors. (I'm) sick of waiting rooms. (I'm) sick of all the bullshit.
我受够诊所了。我烦医生。我受够了等候室,讨厌那些废话。
影视片段《罪夜之奔》
3. 词链儿:do... as fast as XX can
以XX最快的速度做......
Don't hurry me. I'm doing this as fast as I can.
别催我,我正在尽快干呢。
4. 词链儿:come at sb
扑向(某人)
涌向,涌至
针对(某人):指问题、挑战等不断被提出或针对某人
Suddenly, he came at me with a knife.
突然他持刀向我扑过来。
The noise came at us from all sides.
噪音从四面八方向我们袭来。
5. 词汇:man
'Cause if I was a man, then I'd be the man.
若我生而为男,定是人中翘楚
第一个man意为:男性
第二个man意为:勇敢强壮的人;男子汉
*a man who has the qualities that people think a man should have, such as being brave, strong etc←男子汉,大丈夫
She's more of a man than he is.
她比他更像个男人。
He wasn't man enough (=strong or brave enough) to face up to his responsibilities.
他没有足够的勇气去面对自己的责任。
活学活用:
请用 be sick of... 随意造句
《The Man》是泰勒·斯威夫特演唱的歌曲,由泰勒·斯威夫特、乔尔·立特完成词曲,被收录在泰勒·斯威夫特于2019年8月23日发行的第7张个人录音室专辑《Lover》中。。
2020年8月,泰勒·斯威夫特凭借该曲MV获得第37届MTV音乐录影带大奖最佳导演。
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