跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第1023期

（单词翻译）

I think the trick is not trying to keep the joys and the tragedies apart. But you kind of gotta let'em cozy¹ up to one another. Let'em coexist.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. 口语中的缩约：get'em=get them / let'em=let them

2. trick/trying/tragedies中要注意/tr/的发音（/tr/=/tʃ/+/r/）

3. coexist=co+(w)exist 带出的/w/音要轻快，不可刻意

言之有物：

1. 词链儿：the trick is to do something/ doing something

2. keep the joys and the tragedies apart 让快乐和痛苦分开

词链儿：keep A and B apart 让A和B分开

joy 快乐、幸福

tragedy 悲剧、痛苦

Make sure you keep the twins apart on long car journeys, or they'll just spend the whole time fighting.

一路上一定要保证两个孩子不在一起，不然他俩有的闹呢。

We still care for each other, but various factors have kept us apart over the years.

我们仍旧关心彼此，但各种原因使我们多年以来分隔开。

3. 词链儿：cozy up to one another 彼此依偎

*cozy up =snuggle up

① 依偎

The children cozied up to their mother.

孩子们依偎着妈妈。

They cozied up to each other.

他们相互依偎着。

...cozied up in his room right now, studying his chemistry…

现在就依偎在他的房间里，研究他的化学…

② 巴结、讨好某人

The salesman tried to cozy up to the customer.

销售试图讨好顾客。

*one another 互相、彼此

each other和one another可替换使用。

After a couple of years together, we realized we weren't suited to one another and decided² to go our own ways.

在一起几年后，我们发现并不适合彼此，并决定分道扬镳。

4. coexist 共生

co+exist 共同生存

co-education/co-ed 男女同校

co-operate 合作

co-worker 同事

用法：coexist with XX 与XX共存

It is hard for cats to coexist with dogs.

猫猫很难和狗狗一起生活。

It took some time, but our cat and dog are now able to coexist with each other.

确实花了很长时间。不过最后我家的猫猫和狗狗能适应彼此了。

We will never coexist with these buffoons³.

我们永远无法忍受这些小丑。

活学活用

请用 cozy up 随意造句

《我们这一天》（This Is Us ）：该剧主要讲述了杰克和妻子瑞贝卡有了三个和自己同天出生的孩子，4个同天出生人有着不同命运的精彩故事。