2.2早读 | Ben E. King - Stand By Me

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先想一想：用英语怎么说？

1.仰望天空

2.跌倒

3.精神崩溃

4.我差点流了眼泪。

5.支持我的朋友

2.2 早读原文

If the sky that we look upon

Should tumble and fall

Or the mountain should crumble to the sea

I won't cry, I won't shed a tear

Just as long as you stand by me

TODAY

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音标符号来自权威词典| Longman Dictionary

今日发音练习重点：

1.tumble/crumble

言之有物

1. look upon the sky 仰望天空

2. tumble and fall 跌倒

tumble verb. 跌倒

原声例句：Just like a kid, we should learn how to take our first steps, tumble and fall on our butts, and then get back up again, and take another step.

像小孩一样，我们应该学会迈出第一步，摔倒再爬起来，继续走。

3. if...should 虚拟语气

在表示与将来事实相反的条件从句中，谓语动词可用should do,were to do或动词的过去式三种形式表示，但意义略有不同。should表示的可能性最大，动词过去式的可能性次之，were to do 的可能性最小。

主句：主语＋would/should/might/could＋动词原形

从句：should＋动词原形/were to＋动词原形。

If it should snow tomorrow, I would make a snowman.

如果明天下雪，明天我将堆一个雪人。

If it snowed tomorrow, I would make a snowman.

如果明天下雪，明天我将堆一个雪人。

If it were to snow tomorrow, I would make a snowman.

如果明天下雪，我将堆一个雪人。

4. crumble

verb. 坍塌

The cliffs on which the houses are built are starting to crumble.

建着房子的悬崖开始一点点坍塌了。

抽象：事业垮掉、精神崩溃

原声例句：The mental wall started to crumble. I chose the word crumbling, because breaking a mental wall is a long journey.

精神之墙开始倒塌。我用了倒塌这个词，因为精神的崩溃是一个漫长的过程。

原声例句：There's the actual nuts and bolts, is the business going to crumble?

nuts and bolts 螺帽螺旋：微不足道的东西

买卖要垮了吗？

You know how quickly society will crumble around us.
你知道我们生活的社会将会崩溃得多快。

图片源自《打工姐妹花》

but I can feel them starting to crumble.

但我感觉得到这些墙开始倒塌了。

图片源自《黑吃黑》

noun. 碎屑

Pumpkin Crumble bread 南瓜碎面包

5. shed a tear 流泪

I never saw my father shed a single tear, even when my mother died.

我从没见过我父亲流泪，即使我母亲去世时也没有。

Everyone in the room was shedding tears by the end of the ceremony.

在仪式的最后，房间里所有人都流泪了。

原声例句：I almost shed a tear.

我差点流了眼泪。

原声例句：I may or may not have shed a tearor two while reading this book.

读这本书时，我可能是流了一两滴泪。

（shed的过去式和过去分词均为shed）

I have yet to shed a tear for him.

我还没为他哭过。

图片源自《触摸未来》

You lost two boyfriends, you can't even shed a tear.

你失去了两个男友，一滴眼泪都没流。

图片源自《行尸走肉》

6. stand by me

袖手旁观 stood by and let him get away.

支持我 stands by her friends

活学活用

请用 shed a tear 随意造句

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