8.9 早读 | 爱你，无论天荒地老，海枯石烂

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 尽管、虽然

2. 完成了马拉松比赛

3. 崩溃、瓦解

4. 贴题，说到要点

8.9 早读原文

In spite of you and me and the whole silly world going to pieces around us... I love you.

英音讲解00:49，美音讲解03:57，词汇讲解06:00

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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. whole 舌侧音；

2. pieces around us 连读。尤其注意pieces around的连读衔接。

言之有物

1. 词链儿：in spite of XX 尽管、虽然

in spite of + noun./doing XX

In spite of all your talk, you never seem to come to the point.

你虽然说了那么多话，但好像一直没贴题。

拓展：despite 和 in spite of的用法

在 in spite of 和despite后面，我们用名词和代词。

• We enjoyed our camping holiday in spite of the rain.

虽然下雨了，我们还是很开心地野炊。

• Despite the pain in his leg he completed the marathon.

虽然腿剧痛，他还是完成了马拉松比赛。

如果句子里包含了the fact that，我们可以用 in spite of 和despite跟”主语和动词"的结构。

• In spite of the fact that he worked very hard, he didn’t manage to pass the exam.

• Despite the fact that he worked very hard, he didn’t manage to pass the exam.

Despite of the pain in his leg he completed the marathon.

In spite of that he worked.....

In spite of it, I see great love and children in your future.

尽管如此，我看到你的未来有爱人与儿女相伴。

图片源自《破产姐妹》

In spite of everything, I still love you.

尽管发生了这么多事，我依然爱你。

图片源自《致命女人》

2. 词链儿：go to pieces 崩溃 瓦解

After the matter, he seemed to go to pieces.

这件事情以后，他好像精神崩溃了。

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