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听前想一想:用英语怎么说?
1. 有一个例外。
2. 爬到月亮上
3. 职业升迁/攀登事业阶梯
4. 极度忧虑
4.28 早读原文
There're seven billion people on the planet. I know one of them is gonna climb up on a moon for you.
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. billion /ˈbɪljən/
2. climb 字母b不发音
3. moon 不要发成“沐恩”
言之有物
1. there is/exists/remains ... 有〔表示存在或发生〕
不存在 there have
there is/was +单数
There isone exception.
有一个例外。
there are/were + 名词复数(即使它前面用了a lot of)
There are a lot of problems.
有许多问题。
there be 就近原则/临近原则
There is a book and some pens on the floor.
在地板上有一本书和一些钢笔。
There are some pens and a book on the floor.
在地板上有一些钢笔和一本书。
2. billion
英语单词billion来自法语,由bi-(两个)和million(百万)构成,因此本意是million million(万亿)。然而在美国billion并不指“万亿”,而指“十亿”(a thousand million)。
点击跳转回顾【million: You make a million decisions that mean nothing.】
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ACxULWkWbUHkeWsJ1wAvTw
million 百万
billion 十亿
trillion 一万亿
millionaire 百万富翁
billionaire 亿万富翁
trillionaire 万亿富翁
3. climb up on a moon 爬到月亮上
→ climb up 向上爬
He climbed slowly up the ladder.
他顺着梯子慢慢向上爬。
→ 拓展词链儿:be climbing the walls 极度忧虑(烦恼,不耐烦)
If I don't get a drink soon, I'll be climbing the walls.
如果不能马上喝一杯,我要急得跳墙。
When Joely went missing, we were practically climbing the walls.
乔利失踪了,我们简直担心死了。
原声例句:I retired for about three years, and I was climbing the walls.
我退休大约三年了,我非常紧张。
原声例句:I wasn't climbing the walls, but I was certainly feeling a little bit of cabin fever.
我没有紧张,但我确实感到有点幽闭烦躁症。
Now I'm climbing the walls.
But you don't notice at all.
现在我坐立不安,可你一点也没注意到。
图片源自歌曲《One Thing》
→ 抽象含义:climb v.〔职位〕晋升;提高(地位)
Steve climbed rapidly in the sales division.
史蒂夫在销售部晋升得很快。
climb (up) the career ladder
职业升迁/攀登事业阶梯
*词汇辨析
climb: 普通用词,含义广泛,侧重运用手足费力地攀登或上升,也可指抽象事物。
ascend: 正式用词,指不用手攀,一直上升直到相当高的地方。
scale: 正式用词,指爬到某物的顶端,如高墙或栅栏。
mount: 书面用词,词义与ascend相近,强调连续不断地向上移动、攀登或上涨。指骑马时用mount。
scramble: 运用手足快速而吃力地爬上某个地方。
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