跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第368期

（单词翻译）

If we didn't suffer, we wouldn't learn a thing.

语音讲解

今日发音练习重点：

注意：didn't/ wouldn't 中包含/dn/ 鼻腔爆破。亦可发成/t?n/ /d?n/。3. every需重读。

言之有物

1. suffer vi. 受苦

I hate to see animals suffering.

我不忍心看动物受苦。

2. (did/would)not learn a thing 什么也没学会

He didn't learn a thing during this whole semester¹.

整个学期他啥也没学到。

拓展：learn a thing or two (from) （跟XX）学到点东西

We, while we're here in this country, could learn a thing or two from the spirit of this nation.

趁着咱们在这个国家，或许能学学他们的精神。

拓展：a thing 单独使用，也可表示 “时髦的事”

Using funny GIFs in your wechat message is such a thing.

现在特别流行在微信发消息的时候加一些好玩的动图。

Cats on the internet, they're a thing.

现在很流行在网上秀猫。