跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第781期

When it gets hard

You know it can get hard sometimes

It's the only thing that makes us feel alive

語音講解

今日發音練習重點：

1. you know it can

2. feel alive

言之有物

1. 詞鏈兒：get hard 變難

hard adj. （具象)變堅硬；（抽象）變困難

After a long time, the tree sap would get hard...很久以後，樹液會變硬。

Is life always this hard? 人生總是這麼痛苦嗎？

詞鏈兒拓展：give XX a hard time 讓XX難受、難堪

Now you're gonna give me a hard time too? 現在你也要來給我難堪嗎？

Don't give me a hard time, too. 別也來爲難我。

2. 詞鏈兒：it's the only thing that... 這是唯一...的（事情）。

Land is the only thing that lasts. 土地是唯一持久的東西。

It's the only thing I know how to do. 這是我唯一會做的事。

3. make us feel alive 讓我們感覺還活着

alive adj. 活着的 反義詞爲 dead

同 living adj. 存在的

lively adj. 充滿生氣的

She does not know if he is alive or dead

她不知道他是生是死。

A lively child = a child who is full of energy.

A child who is alive = a child who is not dead.

√ How many living things are there on the planet?

✗ How many alive things are there on the planet?

活學活用

請用it's the only thing that... 隨意造句

《相片》（ Photograph）：是英國流行男歌手Ed Sheeran於2014年6月24日發佈的一首歌曲，收錄於他2014年發行的專輯 X 中。

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