跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第978期

（单词翻译）

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely¹ players.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. world's/z/=world is

2. 区分单词发音：

man/mæn/和men/men/

woman/ˈwʊmən/和women/ˈwɪmɪn/

言之有物：

1. 有关all the world is...的语法：

all the world（整个世界）作为一个整体，为单数概念，因此be动词用is。

All is well. 都挺好。

All is wrong. 全给弄拧了。

All is quiet and still. 万籁俱寂。

语法拓展：表达否定时：

① 部分否定：not all.../all...not

并非全部.../不是所有都...

并非所有的花儿都香。

Not all flowers smell good.

All flowers don't smell good.

...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.

② 完全否定：none/no

None of my friends can swim.

我所有的朋友都不会游泳.

2. merely 仅仅/不过是

He was far from being² merely a furniture expert³.

（词链儿：far from being XX 远不只是XX）

他绝不仅仅只是个家具专家。

I wasn't complaining, I merely said that I was tired.

我没有在抱怨，只是说我很累了。

I did not kill him, merely tucked⁴ him away, very much as I found him.

（词链儿：tuck someone away 将某人藏起来）

我没有杀他，只是把他藏起来了，就像我发现他时的那样。

It's merely controlled. 只不过是被控制了。

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