9.12早读 | 尽管我们可能还要忍受更多苦难，但美好的日子终将到来

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音标符号来自权威词典| Longman Dictionary

今日发音练习重点：

1. still will 包含易错音组/ɪl/；区分 steal wheel /iːl/；

2. should take comfort that ... 词尾爆破音/t//d//k/微声除阻；

3. en‧dure /ɪnˈdjʊə $ ɪnˈdʊr/ 包含两个音节。

1. 词链儿：find/take comfort (in doingXX /fromXX /that XX）  

（从...中）得到安慰

You can take some comfort in the fact that you did your best.

你已经尽了最大的努力，从这一点你可以得到些安慰。

Take comfort (that) we live to fight another day.

为我们能活着再战一天而欣慰。

★原声例句：I couldn't even take comfort in the starry skies I loved.

我甚至无法在我喜欢的星空中得到安慰。

★原声例句：Take comfort that you are not alone, my friends.

请放心，我的朋友们，你们并不孤单。

I want you to take comfort from the knowledge that my expectations of you are very low.

我希望你能得到些许安慰，我对你的期望值其实非常低。

图片源自《生活大爆炸》

Take comfort that all is well.

放心，一切都很好。

图片源自《孤国春秋》

Take comfort that your friend's sacrifice was for their brothers and sisters.

你可以感到欣慰，你朋友的牺牲是为了他们的兄弟姐妹。

图片源自《真实的人类》

Should I take comfort from that?

我能感到宽心吗？

图片源自《唐顿庄园》

2. 词链儿：endure XX 忍耐/忍受XX

近义表达：stand/bear XX

endure pain 

忍受痛苦

endure a storm 

受风吹雨打

I couldn't stand the pain. 

我受不了这种痛苦。

→ endurance n.  (忍)耐力

physical/mental endurance 

生理/心理承受力

→ endurable adj. 可忍受的

3. *Better days will return. 

美好的日子终会回来。

（建议整句背诵）

better days  更美好的日子（生活）

近义表达：brighter days

点击跳转回顾【Set a course for brighter days.】

拓展表达：to have seen better times /days

（委婉地表示）当前情况比过去差远了

This city has seen better times.

这座城市已经衰落了。

His hat had seen better days.

他的帽子已经很破旧了。

4. 词链儿：be with XX  和XX在一起/与XX同在

点击跳转回顾【One, you're like a dream come true. Two, just wanna be with you.】

It happened that she wasn't with my friend. She was with someone else.

恰巧她不是跟我朋友在一起，她是跟别人。

5. We will be with our friends again. 

    We will be with our families again. 

    We will meet again.  

排比句式：利用三句或以上结构和长度均类似、意义相关或相同的词，短语或句子排列起来，达到一种加强语势的效果。它可使节奏感更强烈，条理性更好，更利于表达强烈的感情，并且增强可读性。

点击跳转回顾【排比句式】

When you lose your money, you lose nothing.

When you lose your health, you lose something.

When you lose your character, you lose everything.

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请用 find/take comfort in/from/that... 随意造句

请用 bear/carry the burden 随意造句

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