跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第1253期

（单词翻译）

Can I just stay a while¹ and we'll put all the world to rights.

The little ones will grow, and I'll still drink your favorite² wine³.

Soon they're going⁴ to close, but I'll see you another day.

So much has changed since⁵ you've been away.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

while/I'll 包含的/aɪl/为难发音组；

意群停顿：so much has changed / since you've been away/。

言之有物：

1. 词链儿：stay a while 久留

It's only 11:00, stay a while.

才11点啊，再待会嘛！

He doesn't live here: he is only staying a while.

他不住在这儿，只不过暂时呆一下。

2. 词链儿：put XX to rights 整顿XX，以使其恢复正常

此处right为名词，本短语中right应为复数形式。

He helped his mother put things to rights after his father died⁶.

他父亲死后，他帮助妈妈使一切恢复如初。

This medicine⁷ will soon put you to rights.

这药可以使你很快康复。

If you wanted to put the world to rights, who should you begin with: yourself⁸ or others⁹?

如果你想让世界恢复正常，你应该从谁开始:你自己还是别人?

Put the world to rights.

让世界恢复正常

3. 建议背诵整句：

So much has changed since you've been away.

你离开以后，发生了好多变化。

① 词链儿：so much has changed since.... 自从...以来很多事都改变了。

So much has changed since the pandemic first began.

疫情以来发生了很多改变。

Not much has changed since he left.

他离开后，没发生什么改变。

★原声例句：So much has changed since the last election¹⁰.

自上次选举以来，发生了很多变化。

★原声例句：So much has changed since I was¹¹ in high school.

自从我上高中以来，发生了很大的变化。

② 词链儿：be away 离开

此处指“逝去”，等同于pass away

活学活用：

请用 so much has changed since 随意造句

《探望时间》（Visiting Hours）：是由艾德·希兰演唱的歌曲。艾德·希兰在疫情隔离期间，受到朋友&导师Michael Gudinski去世的感触，写下了该曲，于2021年8月19日以单曲形式发行，后收录至艾德·希兰的专辑《=》中。