跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第805期

For what is friendship

if not a willingness to give

to give laughter where there are tears

comfort when there are fears

語音講解

今日發音練習重點：

1. friendship /d/ 不完全爆破

2. laughter 英美區別（原聲爲英音）

3. where there are/when there are 均弱讀

言之有物

1. 詞鏈兒：what is XX if not...

如果不...，還算什麼...?

what is it if not love?

如果這都不算愛。

what is the point if you don't study hard?

如果你不好好學習，意義何在？

what is love, if it's not respect, trust, admiration?

愛難道不是尊重、信任、欽仰麼？

What is the point if we can't publish? 如果不能發表，有什麼用？

2. a willingness to give 付出的意願

have a willingness to do...

=be willing to do...

有意願做.../願意做...

you would ever be wiling. 如果你願意的話。

..a willingness to humiliate yourself. ...如果你願意羞辱自己。

3. to give laughter where there are tears

在有淚水的地方給予歡笑

to give comfort when there are fears

有懼怕時給予寬慰

活學活用

請用 what is XX if not...隨意造句

《友誼是潤物細無聲》：1981年，奧黛麗·赫本（Audrey Hepburn）在肯尼迪中心榮譽獎頒獎典禮上的演講視頻。她稱讚並感謝了好友加里·格蘭特（Gary Grant Tribute，英國男演員），並表達了自己對友誼的看法。友誼是潤物細無聲，讓你在悲傷時破涕爲笑——赫本用詩一樣的語言讚美友誼，讚美了她的朋友。

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