跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第439期
Sometimes you have to lose somebody completely before you figure out what they really mean to you.
语音讲解
今日发音练习重点：
1. completely 英音倾向于发成“舌边爆破音”，而美音可选择声门闭塞音（glottal stop）的发音方式；
2. figure out 连读——英美音读音相同，但英音实际是加出的/r/音。
言之有物
1. 词链儿：lose somebody completely 彻底失去某人
I've lost my keys.
我把钥匙丢了。
2. 词链儿：figure out 发现/想出
I can't figure out what's on her mind.
我猜不透她的心事。
She was trying to figure out what would happen next.
她心里想着接下去会发生什么。
拓展：somebody figured (that)...觉得/估摸着...
She figured that both she and Ned had learned a lot from the experience.
她觉得自己和内德都从这一经历中学到了很多东西。
3. 词链儿：mean to somebody 对某人意味着...
类比造句：
You don't know how much you mean to me.
你不知道你对我有多重要。
What you say means a lot to me.
你说的话对我很重要。
It doesn't mean anything to me.
根本不在意。
拓展：mean作为形容词
① 吝啬的、小气、抠门
He's too mean to buy a present for his wife.
他抠到连个礼物都不给他老婆买。
② 尖酸、刻薄的
You're so mean.
你好坏！
That was a mean thing to do.
那么做不厚道。
Don't be so mean to her!
别对她那么刻薄！
