1.4早读 | 当被忧虑所累,成年人有时无法像孩子们一样看到简单事物中的快乐

1.4早读 | 当被忧虑所累,成年人有时无法像孩子们一样看到简单事物中的快乐

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今天是Gwen陪你早读的第 2239 天哦!


听前想一想:用英语怎么说?


1. 疲于奔命

2. 他没能履行承诺。

3. 从不失手

4. 我想找到生活中的点滴美好。


1.4 早读原文

Adults, when weighed down with worries, sometimes fail to see the joy in simple things, where children do not.


TODAY

今日早读


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音标符号来自权威词典| Longman Dictionary


今日发音练习重点:

adult 两可发音

言之有物

1. when weighed down with worries 插入语

=when they are weighed down with worries


词链儿:be weighed down with XX 被XX压得难以移动


be weighed down with work 疲于奔命


Hewas weighed down withpiles of dirty washing.

成堆脏衣服压得难以移动


All these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down.

所有这些悲剧同时发生,压得我喘不过气


原声例句:Who wants to be weighed down with some nonsense emotions?

谁想一些无意义的情绪所拖累


原声例句:You probably don't want to be weighed down with the useless stuff we all carry.

你可能不想我们带着的无用的东西拖累


I took out a loan and now I'm really weighed down.

我申请了一笔贷款,现在压得我喘不过气来

图片源自《碧海追踪》


2. fail to do 做不到、做不成某事


He failed to catch the first train.

没能赶上第一班火车。


He failed to keep his promise.

没能履行承诺。


You fail to grasp the stakes here, John.

明白重点,约翰。

图片源自《康斯坦丁》


If you fail to do as I say, ……

要是你照我说的做……

u图片源自《火枪手》


拓展词链儿:never fail to do something 从不失手


My grandson never fails to phone me on my birthday.

每到生日孙子都会打电话给我。


A trait people never fail to undervalue, I'm afraid.

正直的人永远都会有用武之地的。

图片源自《哈利波特与混血王子》


I never fail tohope that a column might be out there.

从不怀疑会有一队人马在那边。

图片源自《与狼共舞》


3. the joy in simple things 简单事物中的美好/生活中的点滴美好


I'd like to find joy in simple things.

我想找到生活中的点滴美好

活学活用

请用 be weighed down with随意造句

SCREENSHOT

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  • 夏沐_summer

    Adults, when weighed down with worries, sometimes fail to see the joy in simple things, where children do not.

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    Morning! Happy new year! Many days passed.