In spite of you and me and the whole silly world going to pieces around us...I love you.

语音讲解

今日发音练习重点：

1.whole 舌侧音；

2. pieces around us 连读。尤其注意pieces around的连读衔接。

言之有物

1. 词链儿：in spite of XX 不顾; 不管；尽管

in spite of + noun./doing XX

In spite of all your talk you never seem to come to the point.

你虽然说了那么多话，但好像一直没贴题。

拓展：despite和 in spite of的用法

在in spite of 和despite后面，我们用名词和代词。

• We enjoyed our camping holiday in spite of the rain.

• Despite the pain in his leg he completed the marathon.

如果句子里包含了the fact that，我们可以用 in spite of 和despite跟”主语和动词"的结构。

• In spite of the fact that he worked very hard, he didn’t manage to pass the exam.

• Despite the fact that he worked very hard, he didn’t manage to pass the exam.

Despite of the pain in his leg he completed the marathon.

In spite of that he worked.....

2. 词链儿： go to pieces 崩溃 瓦解

After the matter, he seemed to go to pieces.

这件事情以后，他好像精神崩溃了

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请用 in spite of 随意造句

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