跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第828期
As terrifying and painful as reality can be, it's also the only place where you can get a decent meal.
語音講解
今日發音練習重點:
1. painful
2. 連讀:as terrifying and painful as
言之有物
1. As terrifying and painful as reality can be,...
正常語序:As(儘管)reality can be as (像)terrifying and painful(as it is),...
其中,第一個as爲“儘管”、“雖然”的意思(相當於though);
第二個as表“如...一樣”。
或理解爲 Terrifying and painful as(儘管) reality can be,...
翻譯爲:儘管現實世界(能夠如它本身這般)可怕又痛苦
詞鏈兒:adj. as XX can be /it is/ seems 儘管XX
仿寫造句:
Beautiful as she looks from the outside, she also possess an evil character.
儘管她看起來美貌,內心卻充滿邪惡。
Complicated as it seemed, he figured it out only in a few seconds.
儘管看起來很難,但他幾分鐘就解開了。
2. get a decent meal 吃到像樣的一餐
decent adj. 得體的、像樣的、體面的
a decent job 一份像樣的工作
decent language 得體的語言
decent wages/pay 薪資不錯
He was a very decent man. 他是一個正派的人。
That was the act of a child, not a decent man.
這是一個孩子的行爲,而不是一個正派人士的。
3. it's a place where... 這是一個...的地方
定語從句
It's a place where a lot of people meet.
那是一個有許多人聚會的地方。
It's a place where you buy books.
那是一個你可以去買書的地方。
I lived in a place where everything was for sale. 我住在一個無所不賣的地方。
It's a place where many roads and many lives intersect. 這是一個很多道路和生命交匯的地方。
活學活用
請用 adj. as XX can be 隨意造句
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