11.01早读 | 年纪渐长，阅历增多，爱一个人很难，你只能竭尽所能保护自己不受伤害

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 越努力，越幸运。

2. 这行不通。

3. 竭尽所能去做XX

4. 受伤害

11.01 早读原文

The older I get, the more that I see.

My parents aren't heroes. They're just like me.

And loving is hard. It don't always work.

You just try your best not to get hurt.

英音讲解 01:20，美音讲解 03:57，词汇讲解07：35

BGM：Sasha Alex Sloan - Older

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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. The older I get 注意词间连读，虚词the I 弱读；

2. hero /ˈhɪərəʊ $ ˈhɪroʊ/ → heroes 根据清清浊浊的规律，heroes尾音为浊音/z/；

3. 押韵词汇：

see me

work hurt

言之有物

1. 词链儿：the+比较级，the+比较级

越XX越XX

点击跳转回顾【The older we get, the harder it is to keep up with life's changes. 】

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Yt4iy47fS1AITr9wMfR72Q

Themore he eats thefatter he gets.

他吃得越多就越胖。

The harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

我越努力工作，我就会赢来更多的运气。

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

越努力，越幸运。

2. 词汇：hero & heroin & heroine

hero→heroes n. 豪杰，英雄；男主角

heroin/ˈherəʊɪn $ -roʊ-/ n. 海洛因

heroine /ˈherəʊɪn $ -roʊ-/ → heroines n. 女英雄，女豪杰；女主角

3. 词链儿：It doesn't work. 不管用；不奏效；这行不通

→ it don't always work 口语中的不严谨

正确用法是：It doesn't always work.

点击跳转回顾【Never beg anybody to love you. It never works.】

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/tHzFJG7Ut3UPHDaUUbOtGQ

4. 词链儿：try one's best to do XX

尽自己最大努力去做XX/竭尽所能去做XX

→否定表达：try one's best not to do XX

→近义表达：

try to do one's best

do one's best

do everything (all) one can

do one's utmost to

spare no efforts with might and main

work to the best of one's ability

...

As a teacher, I just try my best to encourage the students.

作为一名教师，我只是尽力去鼓励学生。

I'll try my best to answer every question in that video.

我会尽力回答视频中的每个问题。

原声例句：We should try our best to protect the environment.

我们应该尽最大的努力来保护环境。

原声例句：I try my best not to eat chocolate too much.

我尽了最大可能少吃巧克力。

They're usually trying to do their best.

一般，他们都会尽力而为。

图片源自《天黑请回家》

I promise I'll try my best.

我保证我会尽全力。

图片源自《单身日记》

活学活用

请用 try one's best (not) to do XX 随意造句

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Older

Sasha Alex Sloan

I used to shut my door
我曾紧关房门
When my mother screamed in the kitchen
把妈妈在厨房的叫喊声隔绝门外
I'd turn the music up
我把音乐开的超大声
Get high and try not to listen
尝试沉浸其中而不理会妈妈的声音

To every little fight
即使是每个微不足道的争吵
'Cause neither one was right
他们都不承认是自己错了
I swore I’d never be like them
我发誓永远不会变成像他们一样的人
But I was just a kid back then
但那时我只是一个孩子
The older I get, the more that I see
年纪渐长 阅历增多
My parents aren't heroes, they're just like me
我明白 父母也不是英雄 他们只是像我一样
And loving is hard, it don't always work
爱一个人很难 并不总是顺风顺水
You just try your best not to get hurt
你只能竭尽所能保护自己不受伤害
I used to be mad, but now I know
我曾无法理解 但现在我明白
Sometimes it's better to let someone go
有时候放下是更好的选择
It just hadn't hit me yet
当时的我阅历尚浅
The older I get
长大后才明白这一切
I used to wonder why
我曾感到困惑
Why they could never be happy
为何父母总是无法绽放笑颜
I used to close my eyes
我曾经闭上双眼
And pray for a whole 'nother family
祈祷可以生活在另一个家庭
Where everything was fine
另一个事事如意的家庭
One that felt like mine
另一个让我有归属感的家庭
I swore I’d never be like them
我发誓永远不会变成像他们一样的人
But I was just a kid back then
但那时我只是一个孩子
The older I get, the more that I see
年纪渐长 阅历增多
My parents aren't heroes, they're just like me
我明白 父母也不是英雄 我们都只是普通人
And loving is hard, it don't always work
爱一个人很难 并不总是顺风顺水
You just try your best not to get hurt
你只能竭尽所能保护自己不受伤害
I used to be mad, but now I know
我曾无法理解 但现在我明白
Sometimes it's better to let someone go
有时候放下是更好的选择
It just hadn't hit me yet
当时的我阅历尚浅
The older I get
长大后才明白这一切
The older I get, the more that I see
年纪渐长 阅历增多
My parents aren't heroes, they're just like me
我明白 父母也不是英雄 我们都只是普通人
And loving is hard, it don't always work
爱一个人很难 并不总是顺风顺水
You just try your best not to get hurt
你只能竭尽所能保护自己不受伤害
I used to be mad, but now I know
我曾无法理解 但现在我明白
Sometimes it's better to let someone go
有时候放下是更好的选择
It just hadn't hit me yet
当时的我阅历尚浅
The older I get
长大后才明白这一切

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