11.14早读 | 奥黛丽·赫本谈什么是友谊

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 如果不...，还算什么...?

2. 付出的意愿

3. 有意愿做...

4. 在有泪水的地方给予欢笑

5. 有惧怕时给予宽慰

11.14 早读原文

For what is friendship,

if not a willingness to give,

to give laughter where there are tears,

comfort when there are fears.

英音讲解00:53，美音讲解04:15，词汇讲解07:27

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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. friendship /d/不完全爆破

2. laughter 英美区别（原声为英音）

3. where there are/when there are 均弱读

言之有物

1. 词链儿：what is XX if not...

如果不...，还算什么...?

What is it if not love?

如果这都不算爱。

What is the point if you don't study hard?

如果你不好好学习，意义何在？

What is love, if it's not respect, trust, admiration?

爱难道不是尊重、信任、钦仰么？

What is the point if we can't publish? 如果不能发表，有什么用？

2. a willingness to give 付出的意愿

have a willingness to do...

=be willing to do...

有意愿做.../愿意做...

If you'd ever be wiling.

如果你肯的话。

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3. to give laughter where there are tears

在有泪水的地方给予欢笑

to give comfort when there are fears

有惧怕时给予宽慰

活学活用

请用what is XX if not... 随意造句

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友谊是润物细无声

—— Audrey Hepburn

If all the word's a stage

世界是座舞台

and all the men and women merely players

所有男男女女只不过是演员

then here is a very special player

这位演员非比寻常

who has also been our friend

他也是我们的挚友

For what is friendship

何为友谊？

if not a willingness to give

友谊是润物细无声

to give laughter

伤心落泪时

where there are tears

让你破涕为笑

comfort when there are fears

担惊受怕时，让你安心落意

pleasure, fantasy and fun where there is none

为平淡的生活平添盎然生机

For young and to create a world they may never see

为人们创造出从没见过的美好世界

peopled with characters and clowns they will never be

帮助人们成为他们从没想象过的自己

A friend who brings to our lives bften stark,

挚友 悄然进入我们死水一潭的生活中

brightness and cheer sweeping away thoughts sorrowful and dark

光明和鼓舞 扫除愁绪与黑暗

giving us strength to face each day

我们开始泰然的面对每一天

and come what may,we know he will be there to help us bear our lives as if it were a play.

我们今生，无论悲欢离合阴晴圆缺 他都不会缺席 待人生如戏。

So thank you, cary

谢谢你，加里，

for giving joy across the years to those who need in times of selfishness and a syar to hang their dreams on.

在这个自私的年代 为悲哀的人带来欢欣开怀的人 数年来所追逐的梦想

And before i'm gone, in gratitude and love i end,

我这一生都满怀感激，爱意充盈

you have truly been a friend.

知我者莫过于你。

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