跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第1019期

（单词翻译）

Nostalgia¹ is denial². Denial of the painful present.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. nostalgia可发为三或四音节：-gia或-gi‧a

2. de‧ni‧al 包含三音节

言之有物：

1. nostalgia noun. 怀旧; 恋旧；乡愁

He had a sudden nostalgia for Africa.

一股怀念非洲的离别情意油然而生。

The sight inspired him with nostalgia.

这景象激起了他的怀旧之情。

What is this, a 90s nostalgia thing?

这是什么？怀旧90年代吗？

...and nothing was bigger in the '80s than '50s nostalgia.

在80年代没什么比得过对50年代的怀旧之情了。

*形容词 nostalgic adj. 恋旧的；怀旧的

My grandfather was nostalgic for his old days。

我爷爷很怀念过去的时光。

Tom is nuts about nostalgic songs and movies。

Tom痴迷于怀旧的歌曲和电影。

I'm quite nostalgic.

我是个很怀旧的人。

2. denial noun.

deny verb. 否认 否定

*deny的用法：

① deny something 否认某事

He didn't deny the facts.

他没有否认事实。

② deny doing something

He denied knowing anything about their plans.

他否认知悉他们的计划。

③ deny+从句

He denied that he knew anything about their plans.

他否认知悉他们的计划。

④ deny sb. sth. = deny sth. to sb.

He denied his son the money.

= He denied the money to his son.

他拒绝给儿子钱。

denial noun. 否认 否定

Despite his denials³, we knew he had taken the purse.

尽管他否认，但我们知道是他拿了钱包。

*拓展用法：be in denial 拒不承认

The patient is still in denial.

病人仍然拒不接受事实。

Are you in denial or something? This is a serious issue!

你不接受事实吗？这件事很严重。

Denial.

不对！

Still in denial.

还在否认呀。

3. present

→noun. 现实 目前

That is enough for the present.

就现在来说，这已足够。

→noun. 礼物

I have a present for you.

我有个礼物要给你。

→adj. 在现场的

The president was not present at the meeting...

总裁没有出席这次会议。

→verb. 带来/引发

This presents a problem for many financial consumers...

这给很多金融消费者带来了一个问题。

活学活用：

请用deny/denial随意造句

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