跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第831期

Lately, I’ve been losing sleep

Dreaming about the things that we could be

But I’ve been praying hard

Said, no more counting dollars

We'll be counting Stars

語音講解

今日發音練習重點：

1. lately 美音中la*ly（glottal stop）；英音中爲/tl/舌邊爆破

2. 縮約 I have=I've/ we will=we'll

言之有物

1. 詞鏈兒：lose sleep

① lose sleep 短期睡眠不好、擔憂、煩擾

Oh, those two argue all the time—it's nothing to lose sleep over.

他們倆總吵架，沒必要因此擔憂。

Don't lose any sleep over the matter.

別爲此事擔心。

I wouldn't lose much sleep over it. 我不會太擔心的。

② insomnia 指的是一種疾病，長期睡眠不好

I have been suffering from insomnia for 2 years.

我患失眠症已經兩年了。

③ toss and turn 輾轉反側、無法入睡

I tossed and turned all night. I don't know why I wasn't able to stay asleep.

我一晚上輾轉反側。真不知道爲什麼我就是睡不着。

You tossed and turned, didn't you? 是不是輾轉難眠？

She tossed and turned for over an hour. 她翻來覆去一個小時（才睡着）。

2. no more + noun. 不再要XX了

Oh, no more chicken for me, thanks—I'm full!

不再要雞肉了。謝謝，我已經飽了。

No more mentions of my ex-girlfriend, all right? My heart just can't take it.

別再提我前女友了行嗎？心臟受不了。

活學活用

請用 lose sleep 隨意造句

《數星星》（Counting Stars）：是美國流行搖滾樂隊共和時代演唱的一首歌曲，詞曲由瑞恩·泰德個人譜。這首歌不僅僅是男孩女孩之間的或者“我是壞蛋”之類的樂隊，瑞恩·泰德感到有責任去真實地寫歌、唱一些上升到人類層面上的內容。在接受採訪時解釋了這首歌的意義，他表示，“以誠爲本”是這首歌曲所要傳達的信息。

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