614早读-语音及词汇讲解

6.14 早读 We took our friends for granted, we stopped listening. They were the last thing we were thinking about, and they should've been the first. ①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩ →√ ✗ 说的漂亮 今日语音练习重点： should've /ˈʃʊdəv/ have 缩约读法 've 元音后读/v/ you've got a letter. 辅音后读/əv/ I could(ə)'ve gone. 言之有物 1. take XX(something/somebody) for granted 认为…理所当然， 想当然 He took it all for granted, and would never have a clue just how blessed he was. Family are people we often take for granted. 家人就是可以让我们经常想当然的人。 拓展：take it for granted that... He just took it for granted that he would pass the exam. 2. XX is the last thing we are thinking about XX是我们最后才会想到的 the last thing/person 最后一个XX=最不会...的 Chad's the last person I would ask for advice. She’s the last person I’d expect to meet in a party (=I would not expect to meet her in a party at all). 3. should have been XX 本应XX 竟然XX （应该就已经...） You should have reported them to the police. 你应当向警方控告他们的。 I don't think we should have been there in the first place. 我认为我们从一开始就不该在那儿。 The letter should have arrived by now. 信函现在该到达了。