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听前想一想:用英语怎么说?
1. 渴望/渴求...
2. 走上楼梯
3. 传统的价值观仍占主导地位。
4. ...随着时间流逝
5. 暗色调的灰色套装
1.4 早读原文
Their minds yearn to ascend,
Yet fame still holds sway.
Their glory fades through time,
in tombs of somber gray.
英音讲解01:03,美音讲解03:00,词汇讲解04:26
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音标符号来自权威词典| Longman Dictionary
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1. to(w) ascend 词间元元连读,以/w/连接;
2. fame fade 包含双元音/eɪ/,元音要饱满,到位;
3. tomb /tuːm/ 字母b不发音。
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Their minds yearn to ascend, 世人都晓神仙好,
Yet fame still holds way. 惟有功名忘不了。
1. 词链儿:yearn for.../to do...
= long for... / to do ...
渴望/渴求...
The people yearned for peace.
人民渴望和平。
I yearned to be a movie actor.
我曾渴望成为一名电影演员。
影视原声视频:
This painting may not be who I am, but it's who I yearn to be.
这幅画代表的也许不是我,但是代表了我渴望成为的人。
影视片段《致命女人》
影视原声视频:
To my surprise, she longed for me as I yearned to be with her.
令我惊讶的是,她像我爱她一样,爱慕着我。
影视片段《古战场传奇》
点击跳转回顾【long for XX 渴望XX】
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/oCbUPc9MKACA0N75_LCDIw
2. 词汇:ascend v. 上升;升职;攀登
*ascend主要用于文学作品和科技文章。 在日常英语中,人们一般说climb或go up
Without a word, he began to ascend the stairs.
他没说一句话就上楼梯了。
She slowly went up the stairs.
她慢慢地走上楼梯。
3. 词链儿:hold sway
支配;主导
Among people here, traditional values still hold sway.
在这里的人中,传统的价值观仍占主导地位。
Their glory fades through time, 古今将相在何方,
in tombs of somber gray. 荒冢zhǒng一堆草没mò了liǎo。
4. 词链儿:...fade through time
...随着时间流逝
点击跳转回顾【fade away金风玉露一相逢, 便胜却人间无数】
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/AYbIk6_4wo5sBQ7deqhl7Q
5. 词链儿:somber gray
→ somber adj. 暗淡的;忧郁的
a sombre grey suit
暗色调的灰色套装
→ gray=grey adj. 灰色的;阴沉的
grey British English, gray American English
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世人都晓神仙好,惟有功名忘不了!
古今将相4在何方?荒冢一堆草没了。
世人都晓神仙好,只有金银忘不了!
终朝只恨聚无多,及到多时眼闭了。
世人都晓神仙好,只有姣妻忘不了!
君生日日说恩情,君死又随人去了。
世人都晓神仙好,只有儿孙忘不了!
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A little effort every day, you will make a big difference.
The people yearned for peace.
hold sway (formal phrase) 1. to be the main influence on people’s opinions or behaviour Moral arguments no longer seem to hold sway. 2. to control an area Rebel forces still hold sway in the northern parts of the count
Their minds yearn to ascend, Yet fame still holds sway. Their glory fades through time, in tombs of somber gray. 世人都晓神仙好,惟有功名忘不了! 古今将相在何方?荒冢一堆草没了。
som·ber (US) ( or Brit som·bre) /ˈsɑːmbɚ/ adj l#more ~; most ~r# formal 1 : very sad and serious Her death put us in a somber mood. The movie is a somber portrait of life on the streets. 2 : having a dull or dark color He wore a somber suit.
yearn /ˈjɚn/ verb , yearns, yearned, yearn·ing l# no obj r# : to feel a strong desire or wish for something or to do something captives yearning for freedom = captives yearning to be free People are yearning for a return to normalcy. = People are yearning to return to normalcy.
I yearn to be young.