跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第563期

Tale as old as time, true as it can be.

Barely even friends, then somebody bends, unexpectedly.

語音講解

今日發音練習重點：

1. tale tell

2. friends/bends 押韻

言之有物

Tale as old as time, true as it can be.

古老的傳說，如此的真實

Barely even friends, then somebody bends, unexpectedly

他們本來做朋友都勉強，卻有人退讓改變，真是出乎意料

1. 詞鏈兒：barely even friends 幾乎不算朋友

barely adv. 幾乎不，幾乎沒有

I barely recognized her.

我幾乎認不出她了。

We barely know each other. 我們幾乎不認識彼此。

Apologize for the racket.

Barely noticed.

近義詞： hardly, scarcely

2. bend verb. 彎曲/俯身

She bent and picked up a plastic bucket

她彎腰提起一個塑料桶。

This is too stiff, I can't bend it with my hands.

這東西太硬，我無法用手把它彎過來。

3. unexpectedly adverb. 竟然/居然/出乎意料地

I was really surprised when he turned up unexpectedly.

我實在很吃驚當他意外地出現。

Well, that was unexpectedly beautiful. 真是出乎意料的感人。

活學活用

請用 barely 隨意造句

《緊緊永相隨》(Beauty and the Beast):1990年發行的迪士尼電影《Beauty and the Beast(美女與野獸)》的主題曲，詞爲Howard Ashman，作曲者爲Alan Menken，演唱者Celine Dion& Peabo Bryson。該歌曲國語版爲《緊緊永相隨》。

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