跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第1087期

（单词翻译）

I'm just a little bit caught in the middle

Life is a maze¹ and love is a riddle²

I don't know where to go, can't do it alone

I've tried, and I don't know why...

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. little/riddle/middle 英音发【舌边爆破】；美音发【弹舌音+舌侧音】

2. can't的发音，英音多发/ɑː/；美音发/æ/

言之有物：

1. I'm just a little bit caught in the middle.

我只是有点进退两难。

词链儿：be caught in the middle 被夹于中间→进退两难/左右两难

If you take over Dora's job, you are sure to be caught in the middle.

如果接替多拉的工作，你一定会被搞得进退两难。

My parents are always arguing, and it’s me who gets caught in the middle.

我的父母总是吵架，而我被夹在中间左右为难。

I can't believe I got caught in the middle.

真不敢相信我也卷入其中。

词链儿：be/get caught in XX 陷入困境/缺少某物等

Innocent passers-by got caught up in the riots.

无辜的过路人被卷入了那场暴乱。

We got caught in a rainstorm on the way here.

过来的路上我们遇到了暴风雨。

Someone must be caught in that avalanche³.

一定有人陷入山崩之中。

★原声例句：Middle managers also often feel caught in the middle with what seems like conflicting objectives.

中层管理者通常也会因为似乎相互冲突的目标而感到进退两难。

★原声例句：That left me caught in the middle with the task of trying to squeeze two very different books onto the same page.

试图将两本截然不同的书压缩到同一页上的任务让我陷入了两难。

2. Life is a maze. 生活是座迷宫。

maze noun. 迷宫

We got lost in the maze.

我们在迷宫里迷失了方向。

3. riddle noun. 谜语

① 词链儿：solve the riddle (of...) 揭开...之谜/ 猜出谜语

See if you can solve this riddle.

看看你能不能猜出这个谜语。

It is quite certain that mankind will eventually solve the riddle of AIDS.

人类终将揭开艾滋病之谜，这一点是可以肯定的。

But now, thank God, you've helped to solve that riddle.

但是现在，感谢上帝，您已经帮助解决了这个难题。

I was hoping you'd figure out my riddle.

我一直希望你能解开我的谜语。

② 词链儿：talk/speak in riddles⁴ 打哑谜〔指说话让人难以理解〕

Stop talking in riddles！

别拐弯抹角了（有话直说）！

-You're talking in riddles. -You set up Atticus.

-你在打哑谜呢-是你陷害了阿提科斯。

4. 词链儿：do XX alone 独自做...

Please help me; I can't do it alone.

请帮帮我，我一个人做不了这件事。

活学活用：

请用 be caught in the middle 随意造句

《演出》 （The Show)：澳大利亚女歌手Lenka演唱的独立流行歌曲，发布于2008年12月—2009年6月。它的音乐视频被作为老海军商业品牌以及电视剧《丑女贝蒂》（第3季）、电影《Angus, Thongs⁵ and Perfect Snogging》的宣传片。The show是lenka专辑的开场曲。