10.11 早读 | 独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 异国他乡

2. 越发困难

3. 苦苦思念

4. 直系亲属

10.11 早读原文

Alone, a lonely stranger in a foreign land,

I doubly pine for kinsfolk on a holiday.

I know my brothers would, with dogwood spray in hand,

Climb up mountain and miss me so far away.

英音讲解00:55，美音讲解03:40，词汇讲解05:30

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音标符号来自权威词典| Longman Dictionary

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1. alone，lonely，stranger，pine，hand，mountain 注意单词内部元音&鼻音衔接

2. doubly 辅音连缀/bl/ 之间不要加音

3. 句尾押韵：land hand /ænd/；holiday away /eɪ/

言之有物

1. 标题：Thinking of my Brothers on Mountain Climbing Day

→think of XX →想起，回忆起 → 忆

→Mountain Climbing Day → 登高：古有重阳节登高的风俗。

the Double Ninth Festival 更为常见，因重阳节是九月九日而得此名

2. 首句：Alone, a lonely stranger in a foreign land,

独在异乡为异客

两个“异”字，一个“独”字：

独--alone （独自，但无“孤独”之意）

异乡--a foreign land

异客--a lonely stranger（lonely adj. 孤单的，寂寞的）

→词汇：alone adj. adv. 单独，独自

→alone 和不太正式、常用于英语口语的 on your own、by yourself 均指独自，但无“孤独”之意：

I like being alone in the house.

我喜欢独自一人待在家里。

点击链接跳转回顾【词汇辨析：alone & lone & lonely】

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→foreign land 异国他乡

He took a plane across the sea to some foreignland.

他乘坐飞机漂洋过海去了一个陌生的国度。

3. 词汇：doubly adv. 加倍地；由于双重原因

→double adj. 成对的；双倍的

doubly difficult/hard/important 越发困难╱努力╱重要

I made doubly sure I locked all the doors when I went out.

我一再查看所有的门都锁好后才出门。

4. 词链儿：pine for XX

怀念；苦苦思念；渴望得到...

After two months in France, I was pining for home.

在法国待了两个月后，我盼望着回家。

He's still pining for his ex-girlfriend.

他还在苦苦思念着他的前女友。

影视原声视频：

He pines for her, apparently.

他很思念她，很明显。

影视片段《维多利亚》

影视原声视频：

I sincerely hope you're not pining for the loss of Miss Eliza Bennet.

我真诚的希望不是因为伊丽莎白·班纳特小姐的缺席。

影视片段《傲慢与偏见》

5. 词汇：kinsfolk noun. 亲戚，家人；亲属

kinsfolk 也可直接表达为：kin

拓展表达：next of kin=your most closely related family

最近的亲属，直系亲属

One of the drivers was fatally injured; his next of kin has been informed.

其中一名司机受了致命伤，已通知了他的最近亲属。

6. with dogwood spray in hand 插入语

I know my brothers would climb up mountain and miss me so far away.

远在故乡的兄弟们今天登高时身上都佩上了茱萸，却发现少了一位兄弟──自己不在内。

→ dogwood n. 山茱萸； 梾木；梾木的木材

→ spray n. （用作装饰的）小树枝，小花枝

All the wedding guests wore sprays of carnations.

所有参加婚礼的来宾都戴着小枝康乃馨。

a spray of holly

一根冬青树枝

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英译全文：

Thinking of my Brothers on Mountain Climbing Day

Alone, a lonely stranger in a foreign land,

I doubly pine for kinsfolk on a holiday.

I know my brothers would, with dogwood spray in hand,

Climb up mountain and miss me so far away.

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