跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读(MP3+文本) 第919期
日期:2020-07-13 07:20

(单词翻译:单击)

You do the thing you're scared shitless of, and you get the courage AFTER you do it, not before you do it.


语音讲解:

今日发音练习重点:

1. 对比带来重读:...you get the courage after you do it, not before you do it.

2. of在意群结尾,不弱读为/ə/。意群结尾的虚词不弱读。

言之有物:

词链儿:be scared shitless of 非常惧怕XX

be scared of XX/doing XX 害怕(做)某事

scared-shitless adj. 吓坏了的

I was scared shitless when I woke up to the sounds of an intruder in my house.

当我听到家里有闯入者时,吓坏了。


拓展:scared to death 吓“死”了

Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.

勇气就是怕得要死,但仍驭马前征。


I see a cocky, scared-shitless kid. 我看到了一个自大、恐惧的孩子。


图片源自《心灵捕手》

But they're scared shitless. 他们怕死了。


图片源自《返老还童》


拓展:to be bored shitless 无聊透顶

活学活用:

请用 scared-shitless 随意造句

《夺金三王》(Three Kings):是由David O. Russell执导,乔治.克鲁尼、马克.沃尔伯格主演的喜剧片,于1999年10月1日上映。该片讲述了海湾战争结束后三个士兵盘算回家发财的故事。


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