9.11 早读 | 犹如比翼之鸟，我们天生契合

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 物以类聚

2. 团结在一起

3. 独自一人更好

4. 天气不为人所控

9.11 早读原文

Birds of a feather, we should stick together, I know.

I said I'd never think I wasn't better alone.

Can't change the weather. Might not be forever.

But if it's forever, it's even better.

语音讲解01:05，词汇讲解04:00

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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. birds of a 注意词间连贯；

2. feather weather 押韵，词内均包含音组/-eðə $ -ər/

3. better alone 词间连读以/r/连接，注意alone词内包含元音和鼻音的组合/əʊn/；

4. change 词内包含易错难发音组/eɪn/。

言之有物

1. 词链儿：birds of a feather (flock together)

同类的人（聚在一起）；物以类聚

影视原声视频：

We are birds of a feather.

我们真是心有灵犀啊。

影视片段《破产姐妹》

影视原声视频：

Another possibility, very obvious, is homophily, or birds of a feather flock together.

另一种可能，很显然，就是同类的聚合效应， 物以类聚、人以群分。

《TED Nicholas Christakis: 古樂朋 (Nicholas Christakis)：社会网络的潜在影响》

2. 词链儿：stick together

团结在一起

If we all stick together, we ought to be okay.

如果我们团结一致，应该会没事的。

3. 词链儿：...is/feel better alone

独自一人更好

They feel better alone but crave that connection with other people at the same time.

他们独处感觉更好，但同时渴望与他人建立联系。

4. 词链儿：can't change the weather

天气不为人所控→世事难料

You can't change the weather, but you can change your mood.

你不能改变天气，但你能改变你的心情。

拓展词链儿：

The weather is very changeable.

天气变化无常。

活学活用

请用 birds of a feather (flock together) 随意造句

向上滑动阅览

BIRDS OF A FEATHER

作词: Billie Eilish / FINNEAS

作曲: Billie Eilish / FINNEAS

制作人: FINNEAS

I want you to stay

我期盼与你长相伴

Till I'm in the grave

纵然我撒手人寰

Till I rot away, dead and buried

就算我长眠六尺之下 徒留一具枯骨

Till I'm in the casket you carry

即便我躺进你扶护的棺木

If you go, I'm goin' too

倘若你要走 我便随你同去

'Cause it was always you

因为我认定了你

And if I'm turnin' blue, please don't save me

不必费心救赎我 哪怕我再郁郁寡欢

Nothin' left to lose without my baby

失去亲爱的你 我对这世间再无留恋

Birds of a feather

犹如比翼之鸟 天生契合

We should stick together, I know

我深知 彼此理应似漆如胶

I said I'd never

我坦言 从前的自己绝不会料到

Think I wasn't better alone

独自一人也不见得岁月静好

Can't change the weather

天气不为人所控

Might not be forever

或许做不到天长地久

But if it's forever, it's even better

可若能携手一生 便更抚人心一筹

And I don't know what I'm cryin' for

我不懂 自己的泪为何而流

I don't think I could love you more

只晓得对你的爱 已倾我所有

It might not be long, but, baby, I

或许相伴时日不多 但亲爱的

I'll love you till the day that I die

此情不渝 至死方休

Till the day that I die

爱你 直到我最后一刻

Till the light leaves my eyes

直到我双眸无神失色

Till the day that I die

直到我生命的尽头

I want you to see

渴望与你心灵相通

How you look to me

直抵我眼中的爱意

You wouldn't believe if I told ya

纵然我已赞不绝口

You would keep the compliments I throw ya

你也不敢轻易认领

But you're so full of shit

可你满嘴胡诌乱扯

Tell me it's a bit (Oh, oh)

还妄自菲薄 (噢 噢)

Say you don't see it, your mind's polluted

装作视而不见 心存旁骛

Say you wanna quit, don't be stupid

竟蠢人自扰 生出逃离的念头

And I don't know what I'm cryin' for

我不懂 自己的泪为何而流

I don't think I could love you more

只晓得对你的爱 已倾我所有

It might not be long, but, baby, I

或许相伴时日不多 但亲爱的

Don't wanna say goodbye

我不愿面对告别这一刻

Birds of a feather

犹如比翼之鸟 天生契合

We should stick together, I know (Till the day that I die)

我深知 彼此理应似漆如胶 (此情不渝 至死方休)

I said I'd never

我坦言 从前的自己绝不会料到

Think I wasn't better alone (Till the light leaves my eyes)

独自一人也不见得岁月静好 (直到我双眸无神失色)

Can't change the weather

天气不为人所控

Might not be forever (Till the day I die)

或许做不到天长地久 (直到我生命的尽头)

But if it's forever it's even better

可若能携手一生 便更抚人心一筹

I knew you in another

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