924早读-语音及词汇讲解

9.24 早读

The moon does wax, the moon does wane,

And so men meet and say goodbye.

I only pray our life be long,

And our souls together heavenward fly!

①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩ →√

说的漂亮

今日语音练习重点：

1. men man

2. wane/pray ei

3. I only /j/ Tims workshop

言之有物

人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。

但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。

1. wax/wane

wax

① 蜡

 if you wax your legs, arms etc, you remove the hair from them using wax

② 变大

when the moon waxes, it seems to get bigger each night

wane 变小/力量减弱

when the moon wanes, you gradually see less of it 

wax and wane 随着时间变大或变小

Interest in the show has waxed and waned.

2. pray XX be adj. 祈祷XX

① pray for XX

I'll pray for you.

Let us pray for peace.

② pray (that).......

Paul was praying that no one had noticed his absence.

③ hope and pray

I do hope and pray that I will never have the need to use it.

真希望以后用不到它。（希望并祈祷用不上它）

3. heavenward adj. 朝向天空/天国的

ward 方向

towards 朝向

forwards 向前

backwards向后

afterwards 后来

upwards

downwards

inwards

outwards

homeward I'm going homeward