跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第979期
The moon does wax, the moon does wane,
And so men meet and say goodbye.
I only pray our life be long,
And our souls together heavenward fly!
語音講解:
今日發音練習重點:
men /men/ man /mæn/
2. wane/pray /eɪ/ 兩個音都不能忽略
3. I only/pray our 元音連讀+/j/
言之有物:
人有悲歡離合,月有陰晴圓缺,此事古難全。
但願人長久,千里共嬋娟。
1. wax/wane
wax noun.
① 蠟
if you wax your legs, arms etc, you remove the hair from them using wax.
② 變大
when the moon waxes, it seems to get bigger each night.
反義詞:wane 變小/力量減弱
When the moon wanes, you gradually see less of it.
詞鏈兒:wax and wane 隨着時間變大或變小
Interest in the show has waxed and waned. 增加和減少
2. pray XX be adj. 祈禱XX
① 詞鏈兒:pray for XX
I'll pray for you. 我會為你祈禱的。
Let us pray for peace. 讓我們為世界和平祈禱。
② 詞鏈兒:pray (that).......
Paul was praying that no one had noticed his absence.
③ 詞鏈兒:hope and pray
I do hope and pray that I will never have the need to use it.
真希望以後用不到它。(希望並祈禱用不上它)
3. heavenward adj. 朝向天空/天國的
詞根:-ward 方向
towards 朝向
forwards 向前
backwards向後
afterwards 後來
homewards 家的方向 I'm going homeward. 我朝着家的方向走。
活學活用:
請用 pray 隨意造句
《水調歌頭·明月幾時有》(The moon will have Prelude To Water Melody).是宋代大文學家蘇軾公元1076年(宋神宗熙寧九年)中秋在密州(今山東省諸城市)時所作。這首詞以月起興,與其弟蘇轍七年未見之情為基礎,圍繞中秋明月展開想象和思考,把人世間的悲歡離合之情納入對宇宙人生的哲理性追尋之中,反映了作者複雜而又矛盾的思想感情,又表現出作者熱愛生活與積極向上的樂觀精神。詞作上片問天反映執著人生,下片問月表現善處。
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