早读原文
A family seems exactly like an archipelago. All part of the same whole, but still separate and alone. And always drifting slowly apart.
今日语音练习重点:
1. exactly的英美发音差异;
2. whole发音同hole /həʊl $ hoʊl/ ≠ “后”(要注意舌侧音)。
言之有物
1.seem/look/be/do sth.... exactly like XX 就像是XX
I feel exactly like you.
我的感觉与你完全一样。
She is doing the work exactly like I want her to.
她正在完全按照我要她做的那样在做这项工作。
2.archipelago
3.drift
drift 漂移
漂流
drift apart 漂离→逐渐疏远 grow apart
Over the years my college friends and I have drifted apart.
这么多年来,大学里的朋友和我都疏远了。
drift/doze off 瞌睡
I didn't hear the wind. I must have drifted off by then.
我没听到风声,那时候我肯定是睡着了。