Some people want diamond rings.
Some just want everything.
But everything means nothing,
if I ain't got you.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
言之有物:
1. 词链儿:a diamond ring
一枚钻戒
2. 词链儿:... mean nothing (to XX)
...(对XX)而言毫无意义
相关词链儿拓展:
mean something to XX :对XX很重要
mean a lot to XX :对XX意义重大
mean the world to XX :对XX就是一切
mean everything to XX :对XX就是一切
everything means nothing
拥有一切等于一无所有
Money means nothing to him.
金钱对于他来说毫无价值。
Time meant nothing (=it was not important) to me while I was travelling.
旅行时,时间对我就不重要了。
Her children mean the world to her.
她的孩子就是她的一切。
Thank you for this opportunity. It means the world to me.
谢谢这次机会,它对我而言意味着全世界。
影视片段《依然爱丽丝 Still Alice》
Does that mean nothing to you? It means nothing to anybody.
你一点都不重视吗?没有人会重视这个。
影视片段《生活大爆炸》
3. 词汇:ain't 不
*a short form of ‘am not’, ‘is not’, ‘are not’, ‘has not’, or ‘have not’, that many people think is incorrect←不〔一种许多人认为不正确的否定缩写形式〕
原文中ain't是have not的缩约。
活学活用:
请用 mean ... (to XX) 随意造句
《If I Ain't Got You》是艾丽西亚·凯斯演唱的歌曲,由艾丽西亚·凯斯创作、制作,收录于艾丽西亚·凯斯的第二张录音室专辑《The Diary of Alicia Keys》中,并作为推广专辑的第二支单曲于2004年2月17日通过J唱片发行。
2005年2月13日,《If I Ain't Got You》提名第47届格莱美奖“年度歌曲”奖项,艾丽西亚·凯斯凭借该歌曲获“最佳节奏蓝调女歌手”奖项。
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