跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第944期

（单词翻译）

It was silly of us to look for qualities in each other that we never had.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. was(后进同化) silly of us 连读

2. qualities 中qu字母组合发/qw/音

言之有物：

1. 词链儿：It was silly of us to... 我们去做...很傻。

be adj. of somebody to...某人这么做真是太adj.了

It was selfish¹ of John to keep all the cookies for himself.

John把饼干都自己霸占，实在是自私！

It is honest of Mary to tell the teacher that she has made a mistake.

Mary去告诉老师她犯了错误，她很诚实。

It is stubborn² of Tom to stay there.

Tom非要待在这里，真是顽固！

Nice of you to name it after me.

以我命名真贴心。

2. 词链儿：somebody has qualities in them 某人身上有何种品质、素质

look for qualities in someone 在某人身上寻找品质

...with his fine qualities. ...他天资优秀。

I'm looking for qualities beyond physical. 我看重的不是体能。

活学活用：

请用 be adj. of somebody to...随意造句

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