723早读-语音及词汇讲解

7.23 早读 I love not only your strapping stature, but also your firm stand, the earth beneath you.

①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩ →√

说的漂亮

今日语音练习重点：

1. strapping /s/音不要拖音，不要发成“斯——”

2. 弱读的单词要读的短、快、轻：your/but/your/the

言之有物

1. not only...but (also) 不但……而且……

就近原则

Not only she but also I am wrong.

不仅是她连我都错了。

2. strapping stature 伟岸的身躯

A strap, sometimes also called strop, is an elongated flap or ribbon, usually of fabric or leather.

strapping adj. 高大结实的，魁梧的

He was a bricklayer - a big, strapping fellow.

stature 在直立状态下的自然身高

figure 指身体的高矮胖瘦 体形

具象——Mother was of very small stature, barely five feet tall.

母亲身材矮小，只有5英尺高。

抽象——Who can deny his stature as the world's greatest cellist?

谁能否认他是世界上最伟大的大提琴演奏家呢？

3. earth

①地球

The Earth revolves around the Sun.

② 地面、大地

They watched the kite fall back to earth.

③泥土、土地

a lump of earth