跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第1117期

（单词翻译）

You can shine no matter what you’re made of.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. shine 包含易错音组 /aɪn/

2. what you're /t/+/j/ = /tʃ/ 连读同化

言之有物：

1. shine verb.

→发光，照耀

Her eyes were shining with excitement.

她兴奋得两眼放光。

The sun was shining.

阳光照耀。

...it's the darkest gems¹ that shine most bright.

最黑的宝石最闪耀。

→出众；出类拔萃

Peter didn’t really shine at school.

彼得在学校里表现并不突出。

词链儿拓展：shining example 杰出典范；光辉榜样

She is a shining example to us all.

她是我们所有人的光辉榜样。

He is a shining example of moral leprosy.

他是道德败坏的一个突出的典型。

2. no matter what

引导让步状语从句 意为“不管…/无论…”

Call me when you get there, no matter what the time is.

无论什么时间，你到了那儿就给我打电话。

I’m determined² to visit Japan no matter what it costs.

无论花多少钱，我坚决要去日本看看。

3. 辨析：be made of & be made from

① be made of 原材料并未完全改变、 仍可辨认

The wheels were made of wood.

这些轮子是木头做的。

★原声例句：It's made of layers of silk and fabric³ that have been squished together.

它是由层层的丝绸和织物压在一起制成的。

★原声例句：The 30-foot billboard⁴ is made of three large color negatives.

这个30英尺的广告牌是由三张彩色底片组成的。

Let us see what you are made of.

让我们看看你有什么能耐。

...that this statue is made of pure gold.

那雕像由纯金铸成。

② be made from 制作某物的原料已完全改变而无法辨认

a wine made from Chilean grapes

用智利出产的葡萄酿造的葡萄酒

We were all made from the same form but in different patterns.

我们都以人的形式存在，但是形态又不尽相同。

活学活用：

请用 be made of 随意造句

《机器人历险记》(Robots)：该片讲述了一个出身卑微的机器人罗德尼从小镇到繁华都市“机器人城”去寻找自己偶像的故事。