跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第1067期

（单词翻译）

We were both young when I first saw you.

I close my eyes and the flashback starts:

I'm standing¹ there

On a balcony in summer air.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. my eyes 元音连读加/j/音

2. flashback复合词，重读在前

言之有物：

1. I close my eyes and the flashback starts.

我闭上眼睛，故事倒叙。

flashback noun. 往事闪回/片段倒叙

flashed back to my childhood...

回想起我的童年

He's having flashbacks of his days in the war.

他回想起以前在战场的日子。

★原声例句：Just like a flashback, I was a sophomore² in high school, about to give my final monologue³ on stage.

就像回到过去，我还在上高二，正准备上台表演独角戏。

★原声例句：I had a flashback. It was about 1960. As a local newspaper reporter still in high school, I was sent over to the computer lab...

我回想起以前，大概在1960年，作为当地报社记者，还是个高中生的我，被指派到了电脑实验室...

The scene you see behind me is called a flashback.

我身后的场景被称为闪回。

Oh, God! Kindergarten flashback.

噢，天哪！幼儿园突然重现。

2. on/in的用法

on a balcony （在表面上）

in summer air（在氛围里）

air noun. 空气；气氛；面貌

on the air 指“在广播、广播中”。

in the air “在天上飞”

There is a plane in the air.

天上有架飞机。

I heard the news on the air.

我在广播中听到了这条消息。

拓展：in the air 情调/氛围

There was a sense of anticipation⁴ in the air.

空气中弥漫着期待的气息。

The lights were low and romance was in the air.

灯光暗淡，弥漫着浪漫情调。

词链儿拓展：up in the air 悬而未决

★原声例句：Values can be your guiding line, when everything else is up in the air.

当一切悬而未决时，你的价值观能够引领你。

-How about your interview result?

你的面试结果怎么样？

-It's up in the air.

还悬而未决呢。

Everything's a little bit up in the air, what with the changes and all.

因为那些变动，所有东西都没个准。

活学活用：

请用 flashback 随意造句

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