I think land people waste a lot of time wondering why. Winter comes and you can’t wait for summer. Summer comes and you live in dread of winter.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. wondering 可发成/ˈwʌndərɪŋ/或 /ˈwʌndrɪŋ/，二或三音节。

2. dread注意/dr/的辅音连缀，不要丢掉/r/音。

言之有物：

1. 词链儿： waste time (in) doing sth

浪费时间做...

You're wasting your time trying to explain it to him.

你跟他解释是在浪费时间。

2. 词链儿：wonder why/how/what/who/where...

〔对某事〕感到疑惑；想要知道

I wonder who she is.

我在想她是谁。

I wonder why he's in such a mood today.

我不知道他为什么今天脾气这么坏。

3. 词链儿：can't wait for/to do sth

迫不及待；等不及...

The children can't wait for Christmas to come.

孩子们等圣诞节都等不及了。

I can't wait to see you.

我迫不及待地想要见你。

I can't wait to get your professional opinion.

等不及想听你的专业意见。

图片源自《新飞跃比弗利》

We can't wait to see how it ends.

我们迫不及待想知道结局。

图片源自《新飞跃比弗利》

4. 词链儿：live in dread of...

担心...；活在对...的恐惧中

dread noun. 恐惧；令人惧怕的事物

She lives in dread of the disease returning.

她整天担心着会旧病复发。

The committee members live in dread of anything that may cause a scandal.

委员会成员整天提心吊胆，生怕有什么事会引起流言蜚语。

★原声例句：We live in dread of being cast out if we were to dare to say what we want.

如果我们敢说我们想要什么，我们会生活在害怕被驱逐的恐惧中。

★原声例句：I live in fear and dread of the Coronavirus hitting a refugee camp.

我生活在对冠状病毒袭击难民营的恐惧中。

I live in mortal dread of getting out on the stage.

我生活在对登台的极度恐惧中。

图片源自《又到了圣诞节》

活学活用：

请用 live in dread of ... 随意造句

《海上钢琴师》（The Legend of 1900）：该片改编自亚利桑德罗·巴里克文学剧本《1900：独白》，讲述了一个被命名为“1900”的弃婴在一艘远洋客轮上与钢琴结缘，成为钢琴大师的传奇故事。

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