5.12早读 | 我认为陆地上的人浪费了很多时间想知道为什么

5.12早读 | 我认为陆地上的人浪费了很多时间想知道为什么

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今天是Gwen陪你早读的第 2003 天哦!

听前想一想:用英语怎么说?

1. 我认为你这么做不公平。

2. 你跟他解释是在浪费时间。

3. 我在想她到底是谁。

4. 我迫不及待地想要见你。

5. 活在对...的恐惧中


5.12 早读原文

I think land people waste a lot of time wondering why. Winter comes and you can’t wait for summer. Summer comes and you live in dread of winter.

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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.wondering /ˈwʌndərɪŋ/ /ˈwʌndrɪŋ/ 可两音节/三音节。schwa sound /ə/ 可退位。易错音组/ʌn/

2.dread /dr/ 辅音连缀

言之有物

1. I think land people waste a lot of time wondering why.


① waste time (in) doing sth 浪费时间做...


You're wasting your time trying to explain it to him.

你跟他解释是在浪费时间

② wonder why/how/what/who/where... 〔对某事〕感到疑惑;想要知道


I wonder who she is.

在想她是谁。


I wonder why he's in such a mood today.

不知道为什么今天脾气这么坏。


点击链接回顾wonder if :

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Rie3MIZcuSH2ASuInnzUmg


2. Winter comes and you can’t wait for summer.

词链儿:can't wait for/to do sth 迫不及待;等不及...


The children can't wait for Christmas to come.

孩子们等圣诞节都等不及了。


I can't wait to see you.

迫不及待地想要见你。


I can't wait to get your professional opinion.

等不及想听你的专业意见。

图片源自《新飞跃比弗利

We can't wait to see how it ends.

我们迫不及待想知道结局。

图片源自《新飞跃比弗利》


3. Summer comes and you live in dread of winter.

词链儿: live in dread of ... 担心...; 提心吊胆;活在对...的恐惧中


→dread 作名词,表示“恐惧;令人惧怕的事物”


She lives in dread of the disease returning.

她整天担心着会旧病复发。


The committee members live in dread of anything that may cause a scandal.

委员会成员整天提心吊胆,生怕有什么事会引起流言蜚语。


原声例句:We live in dread of being cast out if we were to dare to say what we want.

如果我们敢说我们想要什么,我们会生活在害怕被驱逐的恐惧中


原声例句:I live in fear and dread of the Coronavirus hitting a refugee camp.

生活在对冠状病毒袭击难民营的恐惧中


I live in mortal dread of getting out on the stage.

生活在对登台的极度恐惧中

图片源自《又到了圣诞节》


活学活用

请用 live in dread of ... 随意造句



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用户评论
  • 听友125606189

    Don't live in dread of life.

  • 时予栀涵

    夏天来了,拥抱就好~ I think land people waste a lot of time wondering why. Winter comes and you can't wait for summer. Summer comes and you live in dread of winter. 冬天来临,你等不及夏天的到来。夏天来了,你却活在对冬天的恐惧之中。

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  • 小玉钱

    早啊