跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读(MP3+文本) 第828期
日期:2020-02-27 09:18

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As terrifying and painful as reality can be, it's also the only place where you can get a decent meal.

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语音讲解

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今日发音练习重点:

1. painful

2. 连读:as terrifying and painful as

言之有物

1. As terrifying and painful as reality can be,...

正常语序:As(尽管)reality can be as (像)terrifying and painful(as it is),...

其中,第一个as为“尽管”、“虽然”的意思(相当于though);

第二个as表“如...一样”。

或理解为 Terrifying and painful as(尽管) reality can be,...

翻译为:尽管现实世界(能够如它本身这般)可怕又痛苦

词链儿:adj. as XX can be /it is/ seems 尽管XX

仿写造句:

Beautiful as she looks from the outside, she also possess an evil character.

尽管她看起来美貌,内心却充满邪恶。

Complicated as it seemed, he figured it out only in a few seconds.

尽管看起来很难,但他几分钟就解开了。

2. get a decent meal 吃到像样的一餐

decent adj. 得体的、像样的、体面的

a decent job 一份像样的工作

decent language 得体的语言

decent wages/pay 薪资不错

He was a very decent man. 他是一个正派的人。

That was the act of a child, not a decent man.

这是一个孩子的行为,而不是一个正派人士的。

3. it's a place where... 这是一个...的地方

定语从句

It's a place where a lot of people meet.

那是一个有许多人聚会的地方。

It's a place where you buy books.

那是一个你可以去买书的地方。

I lived in a place where everything was for sale. 我住在一个无所不卖的地方。

It's a place where many roads and many lives intersect. 这是一个很多道路和生命交汇的地方。

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请用 adj. as XX can be 随意造句

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