跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第147期
There's nothing so bad as parting with one's children. One seems so forlorn without them.
語音講解：
單詞發音
bad/bæd/ -bed /bed/
children /ˈtʃɪldrən/
forlorn /fəˈlɔːn $ fərˈlɔːrn/
without /wɪðˈaʊt/
連詞發音
so bad as /səʊbædəz/
seems so /siːmsəʊ/
without it /wɪðˈaʊðəm/
輕讀重讀
重讀：nothing/bad/forlorn
弱讀：as/with
詞彙講解
so ... as ... phrase.
釋義：formal used in comparisons to say that something or someone has less of a particular quality than another person or thing 不像...一樣
例句：The bed was not so comfortable as his own.
這個牀沒有他自己的睡着舒服。
orn adj.孤立無助的; 淒涼的
近義詞 lonesome
釋義：seeming lonely and unhappy
例句：Ana sat with a bowed head and spoke in a forlorn voice.
安娜低頭坐着，用一種淒涼的聲音說話。
活學活用
not so ... as ... phrase.不像...一樣
英文：It is not so expensive as you might expect.
中文：那不像你料想的那麼昂貴。
語法講解
...引起比較狀語從句，肯定句用...,否定句用(so)...
在此句中，one是代詞而非數詞，等於someone.
