跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第1091期

（单词翻译）

It's not all about me. And even though I'm in pain, it's worth sticking around to make my little corner of the world a slightly better place.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. pain 包含易错音组 /eɪn/

2. slightly /tli/ 舌边爆破

言之有物：

1. 词链儿：be in pain

→身体上的疼痛

Are you in pain?

痛不痛？

I'm in constant pain.

我一直都痛。

She was in great pain.

她痛得很厉害。

→（精神、情感上的）痛苦；苦恼；烦恼

He looked like he was in pain or something.

他看上去好像很苦恼什么的。

Whenever I'm in pain. I need a treat.

每当我痛苦时，我就得享受一下。

You know, whenever you're in pain, that is my treat.

每当你痛苦时，我都超级享受。

I'm in pain here, man! It's over, Mannis.

我很痛，伙计。你完蛋了 曼尼斯。

You see, I saw a woman in pain.

我看到的是一个痛苦的女人。

*词汇辨析：pain, ache, hurt

①pain是各种各样的疼痛。作为不可数名词（无任何冠词）表示肉体的疼痛时，是笼统的或是泛指的疼痛。作为可数名词（有the或a）时是特定场合下身体特定部位的疼痛。

→不可数：She awoke in pain. 她痛醒过来。

→可数： I've got a pain in my leg. 我腿痛。

②ache则多指身体内部器官的疼痛而非外部肌肤的伤痛，而且ache既可以是名词，也可以是不及物动词。

→动词：My feet ache. 我脚痛。

→名词：a stomach ache 胃痛

③hurt也同ache一样用法，但疼痛可以指外部肌肤的伤痛。

My leg hurts. 我腿痛。

Where does it hurt? 哪里痛？

→hurt可以转用于表示造成肉体疼痛的具体或抽象事物。

My shoes hurt. 我的鞋子痛脚。

Dental¹ disease² hurts like hell³. 牙病痛得要命。

2. it’s worth sticking around...

包含两个词链儿：

① be worth (doing) something 值得做某事

点击回顾：worth&worthwhile&worthy用法辨析

②stick around 不走开；待在原地（等待某事发生）；逗留

Stick around; we'll need you to help us later.

别走开，过一会儿我们还需要你帮忙呢。

I will be sticking around for a while.

我要逗留一会儿。

★原声例句：They'll be hoping that you stick around for a long time.

他们希望你能待很长时间。

★原声例句：So if anybody has questions for him, you know, definitely⁴ stick around to speak with him. 如果有人有疑问，请不要走开，跟他聊聊。

Or he's not going to stick around, Fiona.

不然他也不会一直等你的，菲欧娜。

...so I figure I'll stick around that long.

所以我还得待一段时间。

3. make my little corner of the world a slightly better place

让我的世界小角落变得稍微好一点

my little corner of the world 我的小小世界

4. slightly略微；稍微

I knew her slightly. 我对她略知一二。

slightly higher/lower/better/larger/taller 稍微...一点儿

She's slightly taller than her sister.

她比她姐姐稍高一点。

It tastes just like Cola except slightly more gelatinous.

味道和可乐一样，就是有点像果冻。

...should place my neck slightly ahead of your neck.

所以我应该比你稍微多点优势。

活学活用：

请用 stick around 随意造句

《我们没有永远》 （We don’t have forever）：电影混剪。