Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is time for home.
——Edith Sitwell
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
言之有物:
1. 词链儿:... is the time for XX
是XX的时候了
回顾【It's time to/for/that...】
Now is the time for fruit.
这是水果成熟的季节。
So now is the time for each one of us to show leadership.
现在是我们每个人展现领导力的时候了。
★原声例句:Now is not the time for giving instruction. I will need all my concentration.
现在没时间多做说明。我需要凝神静气。
★原声例句: Mother's Day is the time for us to say "thank you" to our mums.
母亲节是我们向我们的妈妈说谢谢的时候。
词链儿:it is time for XX
〔某事发生或应该发生的〕具体时刻
Come on, it's time for bed.
快点,该睡觉了。
Now is the time for action.
现在需要的是行动。
图片源自《瑞克和莫蒂》
It is time for the truth.
是时候说出真相了。
图片源自《高堡奇人》
2. 词汇:warmth
warm adj. 暖和的,温暖的
warmth n. 温暖
the warmth of the summer sun
夏天太阳的暖意
the warmth of her smile
她微笑中的热情
3. 词链儿:the touch of XX
XX的触觉
He remembered the touch of her fingers on his face.
他还记得她的手指抚摸他脸的感觉。
the sense of touch
触觉
4. 词链儿:a talk beside the fire
炉火旁的一次谈话
活学活用:
请用 ... is the time for XX 随意造句
立冬,是二十四节气之第十九个节气,也是冬季的起始。斗柄指向西北,太阳黄经达225°,于每年公历11月7-8日之间交节。
立,建始也;冬,终也,万物收藏也。立冬,意味着生气开始闭蓄,万物进入休养、收藏状态。其气候也由秋季少雨干燥向阴雨寒冻的冬季气候过渡。
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