跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第1082期

（单词翻译）

Although loneliness has always been a friend of mine

I'm leaving my life in your hands

People say I'm crazy and that I am blind

Risking it all in a glance.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. loneliness中-ness后缀元音发/ə/或/ɪ/都可以

2. blind中的lin不要发成”烂“

言之有物：

1. 英语中有“虽然”，无“但是”。

although/though/even though/in spite¹ of/ despite...（X）but...

词内已包含“但是”的意味。

Though it was rainy, we put on our jackets and went for a walk.

虽然下雨了，我们还是穿上夹克出门散步去了。

2. blind

① 盲的/看不见的

color-blind 色盲

② 盲目的/无法或不愿理解的

blind date 相亲

She's been blind since birth.

她自出生起就是盲人。

I was blind！blind！I could not see my own life！

我瞎了，无法正视自己做过的事。

...put blind faith in their leaders

盲目地相信他们的领导

blind to a lover's faults.

故意忽略爱人的缺点

Hey, how about a blind date? I know someone.

You can't take a blind date to New Year's.

来次相亲如何，我认识一个人。

你不能在新年相亲。

图片源自《相见恨早》

4. risk it all in a glance 一眼万年

*glance有关的词链儿：

① glance at... 看了一眼...

I glanced at my watch.

我看了一眼手表。

Next time Whylie steals a glance at you, could you wave him in？

下次怀利再偷瞟你时，能不能叫他过来？

② a fleeting² glance 转瞬即逝的一瞥/扫了一眼

Come on, you only gave this dress a fleeting glance—you might like it if you tried it on.

来嘛！你只是扫了一眼，试试也许会喜欢的。

③ at a glance 立即/只消瞧上一眼

He could tell at a glance what was wrong.

他只瞧上一眼就知道问题在哪儿。

④ at first glance 第一眼瞧上去.../乍一看

At first glance, the problem appeared quite simple. Later we learned³ just how complex⁴ it really was.

乍一看问题蛮简单的，后来我们才知道有多复杂。

★原声例句：That was pretty much just for convenience, they can tell at a glance which was which.

这服务于便意。看一眼就知道哪个是那个。

★原声例句：And the cover display shows me all the information I might need at a glance.

封面陈设给我提供的信息，看一眼就能找到所需。

So he should buy it at first glance.

乍看之下，他应该发现不了。

活学活用：

请用 glance 随意造句

《只要你爱我就好》（As Long As You Love Me）：1997年9月29日推出的专辑《Backstreet's Back》中的第二波主打单曲。它不但是后街男孩代表作之一，也是其最脍炙人口的歌曲之一。