(单词翻译:单击)
Love never dies a natural death. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.
语音讲解
今日发音练习重点:
1. 注意区分元音:die / dies / died / dead / death
2. 单词natural 可包含2或3音节
言之有物
1. 词链儿:XX dies a natural death 自然死亡;寿终正寝;无疾而终;因年老而死
She did not die a natural death. She was killed.
她不是自然死亡的,她是被杀害的。
I hope to live to 100 and die a natural death.
我希望能活到一百岁,寿终正寝。
抽象用法:渐渐消逝、消退: I expect that all this excitement about the scandal will die a natural death. 希望大众对于丑闻的兴奋能渐渐消退。
2. 词链儿:dies of XX 死于XX(疾病、过度悲伤等)
He died of dysentery.
Millions could die of hunger as an indirect result of the war.
作为战争的间接后果,数百万人可能会死于饥饿。
When my girlfriend dumped me, I thought I would die of a broken heart. 我女朋友和我分手的时候,我以为自己会伤心而死。
3. 以下均为名词:
blindness noun. 盲目、感觉、感情的缺失 (blind adj. 盲目的)
error noun. 错误
betrayal noun. 背叛 (betray verb. 背叛)
weariness noun. 疲惫 (weary adj. 疲惫的)
withering noun. (wither verb. 枯萎、消失)
tarnishing noun. (tarnish verb. 败坏、损坏)
活学活用
请用 XX dies of 随意造句
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