跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读(MP3+文本) 第898期
日期:2020-06-11 05:08

(单词翻译:单击)

And so the question that you chose to ask

"Will it be better where we're going?"

And though the answer I don't know for a fact

Still my heart is saying "Oh yes"


语音讲解:

今日发音练习重点:

1. to ask 可连读,也可喉塞音 / will it 连读

2. is saying 后进同化

言之有物:

1. 词链儿:better off 生活改善、情况转好

Today's pensioners are better off than they used to be.

现在靠养老金生活的人比他们原来生活要更好些。

I know I'd be better off in a warmer climate.

我知道在暖和的气候里我情况会好得多。

词链儿:better off without 没有……生活反而更好

I'm better off without him. 没有他我活得更好。

词链儿:better off doing XX 最好做某事

As a computer programmer, you're better off moving to a city that's home to a lot of tech companies.

作为一个电脑程序员,你最好搬去有很多科技公司的城市。

You're better off staying in here. 你在这里更好啊。


图片源自《好家伙》

2. 词链儿:know for a fact 确确实实地知道

I know for a fact that he did it.

我确定是他干的。

I know for a fact that he was lying.

我确定地知道他在撒谎。

I know for a fact... 我知道这个事实...


图片源自《哈利波特与火焰杯》

You know this for a fact? 你确定?


图片源自《生死狙击》

活学活用:

请用 know for a fact 随意造句

《更好》(Better Off):是歌手Lindsey Ray演唱的一首流行歌曲,所属专辑Goodbye From California。


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