To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that prisoner was you.

语音讲解

今日发音练习重点：

1. forgive/forgave

2. was you 连读同化

言之有物

1. 词链儿：to do XX is to do XX

doing XX is doing XX

不定式作主语通常表示一次性、未来的且具体的特指动作；

而动名词作主语通常表示习惯性、经常性和不具体的泛指动作。

动名词作主语和不定式作主语有时可以互换，如:

It is dangerous playing (to play) with fire.

但一定要遵循统一性原则：

眼见为实。

To see is to believe.

Seeing is believing.

2. 词链儿：set XX free 释放XX

set a prisoner free 释放囚犯

set me free 放过我/给我自由

=free me (这里free作动词)

3. discover 发现

=find out

*它们的区别：

discover something new

find out what was previously lost

活学活用

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