12.14早读 | Andy Williams - EI condor pasa

今天是Gwen陪你早读的第 2218 天哦！

听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 宁当鸡头不做凤尾

2. 时光必然使一切都一散而光。

12.14 早读原文

I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail.

Yes, I would.

If I could, I surely would.

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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. sparrow/p/

2. would could

言之有物

1. would rather be a...than a...

宁愿做...也不做...

I'd rather be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

我宁当鸡头不做凤尾。

原声例句：I would rather be a vampire than a zombie.

我宁愿做吸血鬼也不愿做僵尸。

Well, I would rather be that than a snob.

我宁愿那样也不愿成为势利小人。

图片源自《Sam's Women》

2. would、could

would 会

could 能

should 应

都是情态动词，也是助动词。

3. If I could, I surely would.

如果可以，我一定会去做。

词链儿：surely would

Time surely would scatter all.

时光必然使一切都一散而光。

活学活用

请用 would rather be a...than a...随意造句

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EI condor pasa

Andy Williams

I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail

我宁愿做一只麻雀，也不愿做一只蜗牛

Yes I would

我宁愿如此

If I could

如果我可以

I surely would

我当然愿意

Uh...

I'd rather be a hammer than a nail

我宁愿做一只锤子，也不愿做一只钉子

Yes I would

我宁愿如此

If I only could

如果我只能这样

I surely would

我当然愿意

Uh...

Away, I'd rather sail away

离开，我宁愿远走高飞

Like a swan

如天鹅一般

That's here and gone

来去自由

A man gets tied up to the ground

人类啊，被地面束缚

He gives the world

他向世界发出

It's saddest sound

那最忧伤的声音

It's saddest sound

那最忧伤的声音

Uh...

I'd rather be a forest than a street

我宁愿做一片森林，也不愿做一条马路

Yes I would

我宁愿如此

If I could

如果我可以

I surely would

我当然愿意

I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet

我感受到地球在我脚下转动

Yes I would

是的我可以感受的到

If I only could

如果我真的可以

I surely would

我当然愿意

Away, I'd rather sail away

离开，我宁愿远走高飞

Like a swan

如天鹅一般

That's here and gone

来去自由

A man gets tied up to the ground

人类啊，被地面束缚

He gives the world

他向世界发出

It's saddest sound

那最忧伤的声音

It's saddest sound

那最忧伤的声音

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