7.12 早读 Sometimes you have to lose somebody completely before you figure out what they really mean to you.
①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩ →√ ✗
说的漂亮
今日语音练习重点:
1. completely 声门闭塞音(glottal stop)
2. figure out 连读 英美
言之有物
1. lose somebody completely 彻底失去某人
I've lost my keys.
我把钥匙丢了。
2. figure out 发现/想出
I can't figure out what's on her mind.
我猜不透她的心事。
She was trying to figure out what would happen next.
她心里揣想着接下去会发生什么。
拓展:somebody figured (that)...觉得/估摸着...
She figured that both she and Ned had learned a lot from the experience.
她觉得自己和内德都从这一经历中学到了很多东西。
3. mean to somebody 对某人意味着...
类比造句:
You don't know how much you mean to me.你不知道你对我有多重要。
What you say means a lot to me. 你说的话对我很重要。
It doesn't mean anything to me. 根本不在意。
拓展:mean作为形容词
① 吝啬的、小气、抠门
He’s too mean to buy a present for his wife. 他抠到连个礼物都不给他老婆买。
② 尖酸、刻薄的
You're so mean. 你好坏!
That was a mean thing to do. 那么做不厚道。
Don’t be so mean to her! 别对她那么刻薄!