12.22早读 | 你可能失去其他一切，但你的知识绝不会失去

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 从XX那里被拿走

2. 厨房虽小，但设计巧妙。

3. 我的梦想被人夺走了。

4. 公司的灵魂人物

12.22 早读原文

Although you might lose everything else—your job, your possessions, your money, even your health—your knowledge can never be taken from you.

英音讲解00:46，美音讲解03:17，词汇讲解04:56

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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. possessions—两个字母ss都不发/s/音

2. dark L模糊舌侧音：else/health

言之有物

1. 英语中的“虽然”后面没有“但是”

在英语中，although/though与but不能连用。

错误：Although the sun is shining, but it isn't very warm.

正确：Although the sun is shining, it isn't very warm.

正确：The sun is shining, but it isn't very warm.

Although small, the kitchen is well designed.

厨房虽小，但设计巧妙。

Although he was twice as old as us, he became the life and soul of the company.

虽然他的年纪是我们的两倍，但他却成为了公司的灵魂人物。

2. 词链儿：be taken from XX

从XX那里被拿走

My dreams were taken from me.

我的梦想被人夺走了。

Everything they've taken from us, we're going to take back and more.

所有他们从我们这里夺走的，我们将讨回来更多。

The source of their power was taken from them.

神力之源被拿走了。

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You were taken from me, and my world fell apart.

你被从我身边夺走，然后我的整个世界都崩溃了。

图片源自《神盾局特工》

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