7.9 早读 | 我以为看到了你的脸， 然而只是掠过的树叶

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 林中漫步

2. 不让（敌人）接近

3. 不让眼泪流出来

7.9 早读原文

I was walking in the woods one day,

Trying to keep the ghosts at bay.

Then I thought I saw your face,

but it was just leaves.

英音讲解00:45，美音讲解04:00，词汇讲解05:50

TODAY

今日早读

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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. wood 词内包含松元音/ʊ/，发音时注意元音口型松弛感；

2. trying 词内元元连读以/j/连接；

3. keep the ghosts at bay 注意词间连略读技巧；

4. but it was just... 词间连贯，弱读读得短平快。

言之有物

1. 词链儿：walk in the woods

林中漫步

Walking in the woods is a grand adventure.

在树林里散步是一种大冒险。

2. 词链儿：keep/hold XX at bay

不让（敌人）接近；防止（问题）恶化

往期回顾

...keeps the darkness at bay

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/FYXHOtUBKjENwsfODg5m0g

A thick wall keeps the noise at bay.

一道厚实的墙挡住了声音。

Charlotte bit her lip to hold the tears at bay.

夏洛特咬住嘴唇不让眼泪流出来。

影视原声视频：

A glass of vervain every day keeps the vampires at bay.

每天一杯马鞭草，让吸血鬼离你远远的。

影视片段《吸血鬼日记》

影视原声视频：

You've got to keep your mind occupied. Keep the dark thoughts at bay.

你得让你的大脑保持忙碌。克制那些阴暗的想法。

影视片段《9号秘事》

活学活用

请用 keep XX at bay 随意造句

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Things You Said

作词: Cody Fry

作曲: Cody Fry

I was walking in the woods one day

有一天梦里 我穿梭在幽暗的森林

Trying to keep the ghosts at bay

努力阻止鬼魂向我靠近

Then I thought I saw your face but it was just leaves

接着我似乎看到了你的脸 然而只是掠过的树叶

I see you in the strangest things

我发现你卷入了最奇异的事情

Your voice in every bird that sings

你的声音与鸟儿的歌声汇聚在一起

Can they hear it echoing or is that just me?

它们能听见你的回音吗? 难道这是我的错觉？

I don't believe in haunted houses

我不相信鬼屋的真实存在

But I still see you there on the bed

可我还能清晰地看到 你在床边的身影

You didn't leave me much but the things you said

你并没有留下太多东西 除了你说过的话语

They stayed, they stayed

遗留了下来 遗留了下来

I was driving through the streets one night

有一天晚上 我开车经过熟悉的街道

At the corner with the bar you like

在你常去的那家酒吧的拐角处

I thought I saw the car you drive but it wasn't green

我好像看到了你开的车 但并不是你那辆绿色

These neighborhoods all look the same

这些相似的街区 如此单调沉闷

That's why you had to move away

或许这就是你必须搬走的原因

When people ask that's what I say

当人们问起这个问题 这便是我的回答

But they know I'm lying

可他们知道我在说谎

I don't know who lives in these houses

我不知道谁会住进这些房子

But you still live inside of my head

但你始终徘徊在我的脑海

You didn't leave me much but the things you said

你并没有留下很多东西 但你说过的话语

They stayed, they stayed

遗留了下来 遗留了下来

I still see you

我依然能看见你

You still see me

你也能看见我

But we don't see each other anymore

可我们早已不再见面联系

I still love you

我依然爱着你

You still love me

你也还爱着我

We can't love each other anymore

可我们彼此再也无法相爱

Can we?

我们还有机会吗？

I don't believe in haunted houses

我不相信鬼屋的真实存在

But I still see you there on the bed

可我还能清晰地看到 你在床边的身影

I wish I hadn't said all the things I said

我多么希望 我没说过那些伤人的话

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