在线英语听力室

跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第969期

时间:2021-12-17 06:39:30

搜索关注在线英语听力室公众号:tingroom,领取免费英语资料大礼包。

(单词翻译)

The moon does wax, the moon does wane1,

And so men meet and say goodbye.

I only pray our life be long,

And our souls together heavenward fly!

语音讲解:

今日发音练习重点:

men /men/ man /mæn/

2. wane/pray /eɪ/ 两个音都不能忽略

3. I only/pray our 元音连读+/j/

言之有物:

人有悲欢离合,月有阴晴圆缺,此事古难全。

但愿人长久,千里共婵娟。

1. wax/wane

wax noun.

① 蜡

if you wax your legs, arms etc, you remove the hair from them using wax.

② 变大

when the moon waxes, it seems to get bigger each night.

反义词:wane 变小/力量减弱

When the moon wanes2, you gradually see less of it.

词链儿:wax and wane 随着时间变大或变小

Interest in the show has waxed and waned3. 增加和减少

2. pray XX be adj. 祈祷XX

① 词链儿:pray for XX

I'll pray for you. 我会为你祈祷的。

Let us pray for peace. 让我们为世界和平祈祷。

② 词链儿:pray (that).......

Paul was praying that no one had noticed his absence.

③ 词链儿:hope and pray

I do hope and pray that I will never have the need to use it.

真希望以后用不到它。(希望并祈祷用不上它)

3. heavenward adj. 朝向天空/天国的

词根:-ward 方向

towards 朝向

forwards 向前

backwards4向后

afterwards 后来

homewards 家的方向 I'm going homeward. 我朝着家的方向走。

活学活用:

请用 pray 随意造句

《水调歌头·明月几时有》(The moon will have Prelude5 To Water Melody).是宋代大文学家苏轼公元1076年(宋神宗熙宁九年)中秋在密州(今山东省诸城市)时所作。这首词以月起兴,与其弟苏辙七年未见之情为基础,围绕中秋明月展开想象和思考,把人世间的悲欢离合之情纳入对宇宙人生的哲理性追寻之中,反映了作者复杂而又矛盾的思想感情,又表现出作者热爱生活与积极向上的乐观精神。词作上片问天反映执著人生,下片问月表现善处。


分享到:


点击收听单词发音收听单词发音  

1 wane bpRyR     
n.衰微,亏缺,变弱;v.变小,亏缺,呈下弦
参考例句:
  • The moon is on the wane.月亮渐亏。
  • Her enthusiasm for him was beginning to wane.她对他的热情在开始减退。
2 wanes 2dede4a31d9b2bb3281301f6e37d3968     
v.衰落( wane的第三人称单数 );(月)亏;变小;变暗淡
参考例句:
  • The moon waxes till it becomes full, and then wanes. 月亮渐盈,直到正圆,然后消亏。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The moon waxes and wanes every month. 月亮每个月都有圆缺。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 waned 8caaa77f3543242d84956fa53609f27c     
v.衰落( wane的过去式和过去分词 );(月)亏;变小;变暗淡
参考例句:
  • However,my enthusiasm waned.The time I spent at exercises gradually diminished. 然而,我的热情减退了。我在做操上花的时间逐渐减少了。 来自《用法词典》
  • The bicycle craze has waned. 自行车热已冷下去了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4 backwards BP9ya     
adv.往回地,向原处,倒,相反,前后倒置地
参考例句:
  • He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
  • All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。
5 prelude 61Fz6     
n.序言,前兆,序曲
参考例句:
  • The prelude to the musical composition is very long.这首乐曲的序曲很长。
  • The German invasion of Poland was a prelude to World War II.德国入侵波兰是第二次世界大战的序幕。

本文本内容来源于互联网抓取和网友提交,仅供参考,部分栏目没有内容,如果您有更合适的内容,欢迎 点击提交 分享给大家。