7.5 早读 | 街头采访：当你老了，会对年轻的自己说什么呢

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 可能永远不会发生的事情

2. 为孩子发愁

3. 苦恼于事无补。

7.5 早读原文

Don't worry yourself about things that might never happen. We're all gonna die eventually. You don't want to spend your whole time (being) worried and fretful and anxious about this or that.

语音讲解01:15，词汇讲解05:45

BGM：Robbie Williams - Better Man

TODAY

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说得漂亮

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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. die eventually 词间元元连读以/j/连接；

2. gonna 弱读/ɡənə/，注意不要卷舌。

言之有物

1. 词链儿：worry oneself about XX

担心XX

点击跳转回顾【worry about XX】

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/sUHaw1zE__mK20nhWRaJYA

2. 词链儿：things that might never happen

可能永远不会发生的事情

→看做一个整体

3. 词链儿：spend time doing XX

点击跳转回顾【spend time doing XX 花时间做XX】

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/3aSD8MkTgAetfDOh42fsWA

4. 词链儿：be worried/fretful/anxious about XX

对XX感到担心/烦躁/焦虑

词汇：fret v. 烦恼，发愁

拓展词链儿：fret about/over XX

She's always fretting about the children.

她老是为孩子发愁。

Fretting about it won't help.

苦恼于事无补。

原声例句：If you do things that aren't urgent before they are urgent, then you won't have to fret about doing them last minute.

如果你在事情变得紧急前完成它，那么你就不必担心需要最后一刻去做。

原声例句：Whenever you feel overwhelmed, don't fret about the future.

在你感到压力难当时，不要烦恼未来。

I've beenfretting about my age.

我一直在担心我的年纪。

图片源自《德雷尔一家》

But why fret about it？ Why not just relax?

但又何必恐慌呢？为什么不静静放松？

图片源自《神秘博士》

活学活用

请用 fret about/over XX 随意造句

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