听力综合能力提高—— Day 17
听力文本对照

听力片段一：

We were being told that we somehow must become what we are not,
sacrificing what we are, to inherit the masquerade of what we will be.

知识点1:词汇表达
sacrifice /ˈsæk.rə.faɪs/ v.牺牲
inherit /ɪnˈher.ɪt/ v. 继承
masquerade /ˌmæs.kəˈreɪd/n.化妆，假装

知识点2:发音点
节奏Part 1: We were being told we somehow must become what we are not, sacrificing what we are

节奏part 2: to inherit the masquerade of what we will be.

连读：to inherit –twinherit


听力片段二：

I was being told to accept the identity that others would give me.
And I wondered, what made my dreams so easy to dismiss?
Granted, my dreams are shy, because they're Canadian.
My dreams are self-conscious and overly apologetic.
They're standing alone at the high school dance, and they've never been kissed.
See, my dreams got called names too.
Silly. Foolish. Impossible. But I kept dreaming.

知识点1:词汇
identity /aɪˈden.t̬ə.t̬i/ n.身份
dismiss /dɪˈsmɪs/ v.离开，解散
granted /ɡrænt/ adv.诚然，不可否认的是
self-conscious /ˌselfˈkɑːn.ʃəs/ adj.不自然的，扭捏的
apologetic /əˌpɑː.ləˈdʒet̬.ɪk/ adj.谦卑的
silly /ˈsɪl.i/ adj.可笑的


知识点2:发音及表达
I was being told to accept the identity that others would give me.
What made/makes +宾语＋adj？
例句：What makes Peter so upset?
例句：What makes his song so popular?


听力片段三：

I was gonna be a wrestler. I had it all figured out.
I was going to be The Garbage Man.

My finishing move was going to be The Trash Compactor.
My saying was gonna be, "I'm taking out the trash!"

And then this guy, Duke "The Dumpster" Droese, stole my entire shtick.
I was crushed, as if by a trash compactor.

I thought to myself, "What now? Where do I turn?"
Poetry. Like a boomerang, the thing I loved came back to me.
One of the first lines of poetry I can remember writing was in response to a world that demanded I hate myself.

知识点1:词汇
wrestler /ˈres.lɚ/ n.摔跤选手
move /muːv/ n.动作
Compactor /kɑːmˈpæk.tɚ/ n.压缩机
Trash /træʃ/ n.垃圾
Shtick /ʃtɪk/ n.滑稽场面


知识点2:发音及表达
gonna = going to
had it all的连读
figured out 的连读

boomerang/ˈbuː.mə.ræŋ/ n.回形镖