跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第1284期

（单词翻译）

It's true that we're losing time every day, until one day it's all gone. But you're gaining it, too. Every second, one after the other, until, by the end, you have your whole life.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. 区分lose 和 loss的发音；

2. gain /ɡe?n/ 包含易错音组/eɪn/, maintain pain rain...；

3. until和one 包含易错音组 /ʌn/ （不等于“昂”“安”）。

言之有物：

1. gone adj. 用光了；离开了；不复存在了

Those buildings are long gone now.

那些建筑早已不复存在了。

词链儿：be+all gone 全部用完了；全部消失了

The past is all gone. Being happy is the top priority.

过去了就过去了，重要的是自己要快乐。

That food was good, but now it's all gone.

食物很好吃，但是现在都吃完了。

I checked my bank account. It's all gone.

之后我检查了我的银行账户，全空了。

- They've all gone?

- They have, thank the Lord.

-都走了吗？

-感谢上帝，都走了。

2. 反义词：lose - gain

lose/gain XX 降低/增加XX

The train was losing speed.

火车当时正在减速。

I'm trying to lose weight.

我正在努力减肥。

I've gained weight recently.

最近我的体重增加了。

maintain a healthy weight

保持健康的体重

- You're losing weight, fat ass¹.

- He had to lose weight.

-你瘦死了死胖子。

-他必须要瘦下来。

词链儿：no pain, no gain 不劳则无获

回顾【Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.】

回顾【Nothing ventured, nothing gained.】

3. 词链儿：one after another/one after the other 一个接一个

近义表达：one by one 逐个地；逐一地

I'll eat chocolates one after the other until the box is finished.

我会一个接一个地吃巧克力，直到把这盒巧克力吃完。

★原声例句：Now I stand under the tree and pluck them one after the other.

现在我站在树下，摘了一颗又一颗。

★原声例句：You can just list it out in your journal, just like one after the other.

你可以把它一个接一个地写在日记里。

Perseverance² is not a long race; It is many short races one after the other.

毅力不是长跑，而是一场接一场的短跑。

4. 词链儿：by the end 到末尾

词链儿：by the end of XX 到……结束时

I'm always broke by the end of the month.

我总是一到月底就没钱花了。

区分：in the end 在最后

In the end, they decided³ to spend the holiday at home.

最后，他们决定假期留在家里。

回顾【dead end 死胡同】

She was scared of him by the end.

最后那段日子她很怕他。

By the end, she had so much silver that the coins were slipping through her fingers.

到后来，她赚的银币多到拿不下，白花花的银子顺着指缝流出来。

You'll have my ruling by the end of the day.

今天结束前我会有裁决。

And by the end of the night, you're all BFFs.

到最后你就能交到很多好朋友。

活学活用：

请用 one after another/one after the other 随意造句