跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第563期
Tale as old as time, true as it can be.
Barely even friends, then somebody bends, unexpectedly.
語音講解
今日發音練習重點:
1. tale tell
2. friends/bends 押韻
言之有物
Tale as old as time, true as it can be.
古老的傳說,如此的真實
Barely even friends, then somebody bends, unexpectedly
他們本來做朋友都勉強,卻有人退讓改變,真是出乎意料
1. 詞鏈兒:barely even friends 幾乎不算朋友
barely adv. 幾乎不,幾乎沒有
I barely recognized her.
我幾乎認不出她了。
We barely know each other. 我們幾乎不認識彼此。
Apologize for the racket.
Barely noticed.
近義詞: hardly, scarcely
2. bend verb. 彎曲/俯身
She bent and picked up a plastic bucket
她彎腰提起一個塑料桶。
This is too stiff, I can't bend it with my hands.
這東西太硬,我無法用手把它彎過來。
3. unexpectedly adverb. 竟然/居然/出乎意料地
I was really surprised when he turned up unexpectedly.
我實在很吃驚當他意外地出現。
Well, that was unexpectedly beautiful. 真是出乎意料的感人。
活學活用
請用 barely 隨意造句
《緊緊永相隨》(Beauty and the Beast):1990年發行的迪士尼電影《Beauty and the Beast(美女與野獸)》的主題曲,詞爲Howard Ashman,作曲者爲Alan Menken,演唱者Celine Dion& Peabo Bryson。該歌曲國語版爲《緊緊永相隨》。
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