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听前想一想:用英语怎么说?
1. 获得做XX的智慧
2. 明智的利用时间
3. 打发时间; 消遣
11.24 早读原文
I want you to gain the intelligence of spending time wisely, because while you're killing time, time is killing you.
英音讲解01:10,美音讲解03:45,词汇讲解04:28
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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. gain 注意练习双元音/e→ɪ/的过渡。尤其注意第一个元音/e/的口形,上下齿间不要过大,也不要过小。
注:下图中的/ɛ/是KK音标,其对应的发音就是DJ音标中的/e/。点我查看DJ音标和KK音标的区别。
2. wise while 注意练习双元音/a→ɪ/的过渡。
言之有物
1. 词链儿:gain intelligence of doing XX
获得做XX的智慧
gain XX of doing something
2. 词链儿:spend your time wisely
明智的利用时间
点击跳转回顾【spend time doing XX 花时间做XX】
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/3aSD8MkTgAetfDOh42fsWA
点击跳转回顾【it just takes time to do XX 】
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/XW2qfmbkKHt_EJJH_4HmYw
拓展:take time& spend time的区别
都是花费时间
一般主语不是人:
It took me 3 hours to get there.
通常主语是人:
I should spend some time with my family.
3. 词链儿:kill time
打发时间; 消遣——本句意为“浪费时间”
点击跳转回顾【kill的用法】
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/kaez0A0F6twyLp6KVxoedQ
We have three hours to wait. Let's go to the movie to kill time.
我们要等三个小时,让我们去看场电影来消磨时间吧。
We killed time playing cards.
我们打纸牌消磨时间。
With time to kill, he took a cab to the centre.
还有点时间可以消磨,于是他叫了一辆出租车去市中心。
Well, I know another that might kill some time.
还有一件事也许能消磨时间。
图片源自《无耻之徒》
I guess we have some time to kill.
Yeah, guess so.
我猜我们得想办法消磨时间。
没错。
图片源自《老友记》
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A little effort every day, you will make a big difference.
Reading is a good way to kill time.
I want you to gain the intelligence of spending time wisely, because while you're killing time, time is killing you.