跟著Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第1055期
Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove.
語音講解:
今日發音練習重點:
1. find注意/aɪ/和/n/的發音組合,不要發成“飯”
2. finds用平調或升調讀出,提示後面還有內容
言之有物:
解讀一:
解讀二:
解讀三:
So love does not alter or change if circumstances around it change. If physical, mental or spiritual change does come, love remains the same, steadfast and true.
解讀四:
He begins by saying that true love or friendship never changes. If it happens to change or alter than it is not true love. If a lover leaves his beloved when she gets cold with the coming of age, then he is not a true lover.
1. alter—alteration 改變
alter=change / modify
詞語搭配:
to alter a coat 修剪外套
to alter a will 改變意願
She’ll need to alter her wedding gown to make it fit.
她得修改一下結婚禮服,讓其合身。
Life altered you, as it's altered me.
生活改變了你我。
圖片源自《唐頓莊園 第一季》
Physical alternation. Augmentation.
生理改造和整容。
圖片源自《變臉》
2. remove—remover 搬運工,去除劑
remove 移除 去除 ≈erase
removed the cups from the table
把杯子從桌子上拿開
removed my boots
脫掉靴子
remove a stain
去漬
I opened his skull and removed his brain.
把他的腦子拿掉。
圖片源自《亞當斯一家的價值觀》
I removed the pressure.
我把壓力解除了。
圖片源自《廣告狂人》
活學活用:
請用 alter/ remove 隨意造句
《理智與情感》(Sense and Sensibility):影片講述一個英國莊園主去世後,由於遺產法規定家產只傳男不傳女,他的女兒們都面臨著掃地出門的命運,嫁一個好丈夫便成了她們的燃眉之急。大女兒為了全家的幸福她深深藏起自己的兒女私情;小女兒為了追求愛情甘願付出。最終“理智”和“情感”都得到了真愛.
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