Summer for thee, grant I may be,
When Summer days are flown!
Thy music still, when Whippoorwill,
and Oriole — are done!
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
言之有物:
1. 词汇:
thee pron.汝,尔〔在句中用作宾格〕=you
thy 你的 =your
2. 词汇:grant v. 允许;准予
I would love to be able to grant her wish.
我很高兴能够满足她的愿望。
My request was granted.
我的请求得到批准。
拓展词链儿:take it for granted
把...当成理所应当的
Don't take it for granted. Express it.
不要视之为理所当然,表达出来。
He just took it for granted that he would pass the exam.
他还想当然地认为自己能通过考试呢。
Don't take it for granted that your parents should support you all your life.
别以为你父母养你一辈子是天经地义的事。
3. 词链儿:time flies
the hours/the days... fly
时间过得真快;光阴似箭;时光飞逝
→fly flew flown
Time has flown since the holiday began.
假日一开始,时间就过得飞快。
-She's quite out by now. She's 21.
-How time flies.
-她已经很大了,21了。
-时间过得真快啊!
影视片段《贝尔戈维亚》
Just don't wait too long to find them. The years fly by. And the next thing you know, you'll be cold in your grave.
别等太久才去交朋友。时光匆匆飞逝。一转眼,你就躺在坟墓里了。
影视片段《致命女人》
4. 词汇:
whippoorwill n. 北美夜鹰
一种北美洲的夜行鸟类
oriole/???ri??l $ -o?l/ n. 拟黄鹂
产于北美洲,黑色羽毛,翅膀带红黄色条纹
活学活用:
请用 the hours/the days... fly 随意造句
艾米莉·狄金森(Emily Dickinson,1830年12月10日-1886年5月15日),美国传奇诗人。从二十五岁开始弃绝社交,在孤独中埋头写诗三十年,留下诗稿一千七百余首。她被视为二十世纪现代主义诗歌的先驱之一。美国诗人中最著名的佼佼者便是美国文学之父欧文,以及惠特曼和狄金森。
狄金森的诗主要写生活情趣、自然、生命、信仰、友谊、爱情。诗风凝练婉约、意象清新,描绘真切、精微,思想深沉、凝聚力强,极富独创性。
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