12.19早读 | 如果有人说他有点担心，说明他特别担心。如果他说自己不止一点点担心

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12.19早读原文

Whenever anybody says they're a little concerned, they're very concerned. And when they say they're more than a little concerned, they're desperate.

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音标符号来自权威词典| Longman Dictionary

今日发音练习重点：

言之有物

1. whenever 无论何时

“每当...”=every time

WheneverI smell roses I think of Mary. 每当闻到玫瑰花香，我都想起Mary.

Whenever you see one of those, stop. 每当你看到这个的时候，就停下来。

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2. concerned adj.

有关的/相关的

① I shall find the boyconcernedand punish him.

我要找到相关责任人，并且惩罚他。

all thoseconcernedin the robbery 所有参与抢劫的人员

② 担心的/忧虑的/关注的

I've beenconcerned about you lately. 最近我很担心你。

concernedfor their safety 担心他们的安全

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3. more than+adj.

-She's pretty.

-Oh she's definitelymore than pretty. She's gorgeous. 她可不只是“漂亮”这么简单。她美呆了。

① more than与数词连用，意思是“多于，大于，超过”。相当于over.例如：

I’ve known him formore than20 years. 我认识他已经二十多年了。

② more than后面跟名词，意为“不只是，不仅仅是”。

例如： She ismore than a teacher to us, she is our friend. 他不只是教师，她还是我们的朋友。

③ more than与形容词和分词连用，表示“非常、十分”。

例如：She ismore thanbeautiful. 她非常漂亮 。

④ more than与动词连用，对动词起着加强语气的作用。

例如： His progressmore thanencouraged him to work hard. 进步激励他努力学习。

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4. desperate adj

图片来自《穿普拉达的魔鬼》

图片来自《Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)》

5. 程度递增：

a little concnerned

more than a little concerned

desperate

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请用 more than+adj. 随意造句

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