跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第1057期

（单词翻译）

If the sky that we look upon

Should tumble and fall

Or the mountain should crumble¹ to the sea

I won't cry, I won't shed a tear

Just as long as you stand by me

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. tumble/crumble中-umble部分发音相同

2. mountain的发音有两种：鼻腔爆破，或/tən/、/tɪn/

言之有物：

1. 词链儿：look upon the sky 仰望天空

2. 词链儿：tumble and fall 跌倒

tumble verb. 跌倒

★原声例句：Just like a kid, we should learn how to take our first steps, tumble and fall on our butts², and then get back up again, and take another step.

像小孩一样，我们应该学会迈出第一步，摔倒再爬起来，继续走。

3. if...should 虚拟语气

*在表示与将来事实相反的条件从句中，谓语动词可用should do, were to do或动词的过去式三种形式表示，但意义略有不同。should表示的可能性最大，动词过去式的可能性次之，were to do 的可能性最小。

主句：主语＋would/should/might/could＋动词原形

从句：should＋动词原形/were to＋动词原形

If it should snow tomorrow, I would make a snowman.

如果明天下雪，明天我将堆一个雪人。

If it snowed tomorrow, I would make a snowman.

如果明天下雪，明天我将堆一个雪人。

If it were to snow tomorrow, I would make a snowman.

如果明天下雪，我将堆一个雪人。

4. crumble verb.

→具象：坍塌

The cliffs on which the houses are built are starting to crumble.

建着房子的悬崖开始一点点坍塌了。

→抽象：事业垮掉、精神崩溃

★原声例句：The mental wall started to crumble. I chose the word "crumbling³", because breaking a mental wall is a long journey.

精神之墙开始倒塌。我用了倒塌这个词，因为精神的崩溃是一个漫长的过程。

★原声例句：There's the actual nuts and bolts, is the business going to crumble? 买卖要垮了吗？

词链儿：nuts and bolts 螺帽螺旋；微不足道的东西

You know how quickly society will crumble around us.

你知道我们生活的社会将会崩溃得多快。

...but I can feel them starting to crumble.

但我感觉得到这些墙开始倒塌了。

noun. 碎屑

Pumpkin⁴ Crumble Bread 南瓜碎面包

5. 词链儿：shed a tear 流泪

I never saw my father shed a single tear, even when my mother died.

我从没见过我父亲流泪，即使我母亲去世时也没有。

Everyone in the room was shedding tears by the end of the ceremony.

在仪式的最后，房间里所有人都流泪了。

★原声例句：I almost shed a tear.

我差点流了眼泪。

★原声例句：I may or may not have shed a tear or two while reading this book.

读这本书时，我可能是流了一两滴泪。

（shed的过去式和过去分词均为shed）

I have yet to shed a tear for him.

我还没为他哭过。

You lost two boyfriends, you can't even shed a tear.

你失去了两个男友，一滴眼泪都没流。

6. stand by me

→袖手旁观 stand by and let him get away

→支持我 stand by her friends

活学活用：

请用 shed a tear 随意造句

《Stand By Me》（与我同行）：这首歌其实是根据灵歌"Lord StandBy Me"加以改编而重新创作的，获得了全美排行的第四名。1986年，由于电影"伴我同行"采用了他的这首旧作当作同名的主题歌，使得他再度的受到了注意 ，还因而夺下了英国排行的冠军。而根据BMI的统计，还是全美二十世纪最受欢迎百大歌曲的第四名。