3.19 早读 | 曾经我随波逐流，现在却停滞不前。我活着的意义到底是什么？

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听前想一想：用英语怎么说？

1. 我习惯早起。

2. 适应他的幽默感

3. 脑海里突然浮现出一个想法

4. 你生来就不是这块料。

3.19 早读原文

I used to float. Now I just fall down.

I used to know. But I'm not sure now,

What I was made for. What was I made for?

语音讲解01:15，词汇讲解04:10

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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. used to 有两种发音，在本首歌曲中意为“过去常常...”发音时读作/ˈjuːst tuː/；

2. float 注意词首辅音连缀的发音，两辅音之间不加其他音，词内双元音需发得饱满；

3. now I 词间元元连读以/w/连接；

4. down 包含易错难发音组 /aʊn/，双元音发饱满后带出鼻音/n/。

言之有物

1. 词链儿：used to

过去常常...

I used to smoke, but I gave up a couple of years ago.

我以前抽烟，但几年前就戒掉了。

Jimmy used to be a friend of mine.

吉米曾是我的朋友。

2. 词汇：float

v. 漂浮

The smell of new bread floated up from the bakery.

面包房里飘出新鲜面包的香味。

An idea suddenly floated into my mind.

我脑海里突然浮现出一个想法。

3. 词链儿：fall down

跌倒；倒塌

She whispered a few words weakly before she fell down.

她虚弱地低声说了几句便昏倒了。

London Bridge is falling down.

伦敦桥要塌了。

4. 词链儿：be made for...

完全适合.../为...而生

近义词链儿：be born to do...

The role was made for her.

该角色是为她量身定做的。

This vehicle was made for this specific purpose.

这辆车就是为了这个目的而制造的。

影视原声视频：

That's a pretty mouth, but it ain't made for singing. What's it made for?Eating.

好一张漂亮的嘴巴，但不是为唱歌而生。那是为什么而生呢？为吃饭而生。

影视片段《好汉两个半》

影视原声视频：

I'm sorry. You're not made for it.

我很遗憾，你生来就不是这块料。

影视片段《继承之战》

5. 大句套小句，小句陈述句。

I'm not sure what I was made for.

What was I made for?

类比造句：

I don't know what I should do.

What should I do?

活学活用

请用be made for...随意造句

向上滑动阅览

What Was I Made For?

I used to float

我曾飘然空中

Now I just fall down

如今只剩坠落

I used to know

往昔熟知的一切

But I'm not sure now

如今却无所适从

What I was made for

我究竟从何而来

What was I made for?

究竟为何而生

Taking a drive

驱车漫游

I was an ideal

那时我太过理想

Looked so alive

曾经看似鲜活

Turns out, I'm not real

最后发现 我并不真实

Just something you paid for

不过是你付钱买下的玩物

What was I made for?

我究竟为何而生

'Cause I, I

因为我 我

I don't know how to feel

我不知该作何感受

But I wanna try

但我渴望尝试

I don't know how to feel

我不知该作何感受

But someday I might

但某日 我或会

Someday I might

某日 我或会有所领悟

When did it end?

美好从何时告终

All the enjoyment

欢愉尽数消失 无影无踪

I'm sad again

悲伤与我再度重逢

Don't tell my boyfriend

莫要告诉我男友

It's not what he's made for

他并非为此存在

What was I made for?

而我又究竟为何而生

'Cause I, 'cause I

因为我 因为我

I don't know how to feel

我不知该作何感受

But I wanna try

但我渴望尝试

I don't know how to feel

我不知作何感受

But someday I might

但某日 我或会

Someday I might

有天 我或许会有所领悟

Think I forgot

我大抵 已然忘却

How to be happy

该如何俘获快乐

Something I'm not

那是我不具备的特质

But something I can be

但我定能拥有

Something I wait for

我愿为之 耐心等候

Something I'm made for

我即因此存在

Something I'm made for

我即为此而生

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