跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第798期

They hound people in this world. Anybody who's different. They can't stand it. Well, to hell with them.

语音讲解

今日发音练习重点：

1. /aʊn/音素组合是难点。请听示范：hound/bound/mount/count...

2. people in 连读。应有“林”音

3. can和can't在美音中无法区分发音吗？

言之有物

1. hound verb. 追踪/纠缠/不断骚扰

noun. 猎犬

The suspect was hounded by the police for weeks.

嫌疑人被警方追踪了数周。

Her parents hounded her until she agreed to look for a better job.

她的父母不断纠缠，直到她同意换份更好的工作。

A gossip journalist is hounding her for details.

一个八卦周刊的记者正在紧追着她调查细节。

What are you talking? You hounded me for this. 你说什么呢？是你一直缠着我的。

hound用于引申义，可表示“有癖的人、对事物偏爱的人”。

如：
a coffee hound 喝咖啡成癖的人

a movie hound 电影迷

2. stand verb. 忍受

词链儿：XX can't stand it. XX受不了/无法忍受。

“受不了”的其他表达：

XX can't bear it.

XX can't take it.

XX can't put up with it.

→受够了 XX have/has had enough of it.

I can't stand this guy. 真受不了这家伙！

3. to hell with them 去他们的吧！/让他们见鬼去吧！

词链儿：to hell with XX XX见鬼去吧！/去XX的吧！

Well, to hell with him then! It's not like I'm going to miss him. 让他见鬼去吧！就好像我会想他似的！

To hell with this stupid car. I’m going to buy a new one. 去它的吧！我要买辆新车。

To hell with this! 还查个什么查！（此处为根据上下文的翻译）

活学活用

请用 to hell with 随意造句

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