TeacherGwen - 8.16早讀 | 生活怎會一帆風順？有起有落才是生活－鑽石舞台

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聽前想一想：用英語怎麼說？

1. 你怎麼可以這麼殘忍？

2. 生活除了一帆風順，什麼都會發生。

3.起起伏伏

4. 人生有起有落。

8.16 早讀原文

Straight, how can you be so straight?

Life's everything but straight.

It's going up and down.

英音講解00:43，美音講解03:30，詞彙講解04:55

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音標符號來自權威詞典| Longman Dictionary

今日發音練習重點：

1.straight的發音，/tr/不送氣處理（/s/後清輔音一般不送氣）

2. up and down 中間的and/ənd/弱讀。

A and B 結構中的and一般弱讀，比如:

black and white

bread and butter

言之有物

1. 詞鏈兒：How can you be so XX ?

你怎麼可以這麼XX？

How can you be so cruel to me?

你怎麼可以這麼殘忍？

How can you be so calm about this?

你怎麼能對此這麼平靜？

How can you be so sure you are going to win?

你怎麼這麼確定你會贏呢？

How can you be so obtuse?

你真是個木頭。

圖片源自《肖申克的救贖》

How can you be so confident?

你怎麼能夠這麼有自信？

圖片源自《老友記》

2. 詞鏈兒：everything but XX

除了XX以外其他一切

Life's everything but straight.

生活除了一帆風順，什麼都會發生。

but 除了

= except

I taught you everything but common sense.

我悉心栽培你卻忘了教你做人。

I was tired. I was hungry. I was everything but discouraged.

我既累又餓，可就是沒有氣餒。

★原聲例句：I forgot everything but my own amazement.

我除了感到自己的驚詫外什麼都不記得了。

★原聲例句：Everything but monsters are not real.

除了怪物以外的一切都不是真的。

Everything but religion.

任何事情，除了宗教。

圖片源自《大魚》

I was wrong. About everything. Everything but you.

我錯了，我判斷錯了一切，唯獨沒看錯你。

圖片源自《荒原》

3. 詞鏈兒：go up and down

起起伏伏，起起落落

具象：

The people on the bus go up and down.

巴士上的乘客顛上顛下。

抽象：

You'll go up and down, and be in darkness and light.

你會經歷起起伏伏，也會置身於生命的黑暗和光明中。

拓展表達：ups and downs 浮沉；苦樂

點擊跳轉回顧【如何面對生活中的起起落落？How to face the ups and downs in life? 】

Surfing, like life, is full of ups and downs.

衝浪就像人生一樣，有起有落。

Like most married couples we've had our ups and downs, but life's like that.

和所有已婚夫婦一樣，我們也經歷過沉浮波折，但生活就是如此。

You and I have our ups and downs. But I have always considered you my family.

你我之間起起伏伏，有好有壞。但一直以來我始終把你當家人看待。

圖片源自《生活大爆炸》

活學活用

請用everything but XX隨意造句

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Turnaround

Hans Zimmer/Richard Harvey/Camille

Turn around, I'm right behind you轉過身來我就在你身後Turn around, I'll turn around too轉過身來我也一同回身Turn around, so we can hold hands轉過身來那麼我們才能把手來牽Turn around, it's lighter, flatter轉過身來心情明亮而快樂

Turn around, hot peas and butter轉過身來身後有熱豌豆和鮮黃油Turn around, I'm flowing in the grass轉過身來我在綠草叢中徜徉Straight, how can you be so straight?生活為何會如此筆直通暢Life's everything but straight生活包羅萬象卻也一帆風順It's going up and down生活有時又起起伏伏Far, happiness isn't far遙遠嗎幸福並不遙遠Not far from where you are與你只是咫尺之遙Watching your life go by眼看你流逝的歲月Now, why don't you sing out loud此刻你為何不引吭高歌To the tune you keep inside?唱出你內心低吟的旋律Turn around around the circle轉過身來轉個圈圈Turn around just like duetto轉過身來如同一場二重奏Turn around and listen to the wind轉過身來聆聽風之絮語Turn around and put your pen down轉過身來放下你手執的筆Turn around, your feet off the ground轉過身來讓你雙腳離地Turn around, and your head in the clouds轉過身來你想入非非Shy, how can you be so shy害羞你為何如此靦腆Hiding below the stars你躲藏在繁星之下Under your neon light?身上閃爍着一抹霓虹微光Hi, don't say hello, say hi嗨別說「哈嘍」說「嗨」吧Hi to a higher sky對高遠的藍天說聲「嗨」Hi to a higher ground對遼闊的大地說聲「嗨」Loud, why don't you sing out loud大點聲你為何不引吭高歌The words you keep inside?袒露你的心聲Why don't sing it out loud?你為何不引吭高歌Why don't you sing out loud你為何不引吭高歌The song you keep inside?袒露你的心聲

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