跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第799期

Once in a while it hits people that they don't have to experience the world in the way they have been told to

語音講解

今日發音練習重點：

1. once /wʌn/不是“忘”

2. while/aɪ/和well/e/要區分

3. 聽示範：told/hold/mold/cold

言之有物

1. 詞鏈兒：once in a while 時不時/偶然間

=occasionally/(every) now and then

I don't travel often, but every once in a while I just need to get away from the city.

我不經常旅行，但我時不時需要遠離城市。

I don't eat a lot of sweets, but every now and then I just need a piece of chocolate cake.

我不愛吃甜食，但時不時需要來塊巧克力蛋糕。

2. it hits people that...

hit verb. 擊打/打動、有所觸動

詞鏈兒：it hits me that... XX觸動了我/讓我有所觸動、讓我明白...

It hits me, this is not going to be easy. 我懂了，這事兒不容易。

What a beautiful story. It hits me right here.

多麼美麗的故事，它深深打動了我的心。

hit作爲名詞表示“大受歡迎的、風靡一時的事物”。

"Hey Jude" is one of Beatles' greatest hits. Hey Jude是披頭士樂隊最受歡迎的歌曲之一。

3. do XX in the way they have been told to

以被教導的方式做...

I was told to do it. 我被告訴這麼做。→ 有人讓我這麼做的。

I did it in the way I was told to. 我用別人告訴我的方式完成了這件事。

Do it in the way I tell you to do. 我怎麼告訴你，你就怎麼做。

活學活用

請用 once in a while 隨意造句

《撿來的孩子》（Adopt a Highway）：影片講述了剛從監獄裏釋放的男人(伊桑飾)必須學會在現代世界中生活，而在垃圾桶裏的棄嬰又讓他措手不及的故事。

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