跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第781期

（单词翻译）

When it gets hard

You know it can get hard sometimes

It's the only thing that makes us feel alive¹

语音讲解

今日发音练习重点：

1. you know it can

2. feel alive

言之有物

1. 词链儿：get hard 变难

hard adj. （具象)变坚硬；（抽象）变困难

After a long time, the tree sap would² get hard...很久以后，树液会变硬。

Is life³ always this hard? 人生总是这么痛苦吗？

词链儿拓展：give XX a hard time 让XX难受、难堪

Now you're gonna give me a hard time too? 现在你也要来给我难堪吗？

Don't give me a hard time, too. 别也来为难我。

2. 词链儿：it's the only thing that... 这是唯一...的（事情）。

Land⁵ is the only thing that lasts. 土地是唯一持久的东西。

It's the only thing I know how to do. 这是我唯一会做的事。

3. make us feel alive 让我们感觉还活着

alive adj. 活着的 反义词为 dead⁶

同 living⁷ adj. 存在的

lively⁸ adj. 充满生气的

She does not know if he is alive or dead

她不知道他是生是死。

A lively child = a child who is full of energy⁹.

A child who is alive = a child who is not dead.

√ How many living things are there on the planet¹⁰?

? How many alive things are there on the planet?

活学活用

请用it's the only thing that... 随意造句

《相片》（ Photograph）：是英国流行男歌手Ed Sheeran于2014年6月24日发布的一首歌曲，收录于他2014年发行的专辑 X⁴ 中。