跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第731期

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.

語音講解

今日發音練習重點：

1. easy / uneasy 字母y對應/i/音；漢語中無法對應的英語發音：

2. 區分英語和漢語發音：

誒 sit /ɪ/

愛 sad /æ/

凹 shout /aʊ/

斯 the /ð/

言之有物

1. 倒裝句 正常語序爲 The head that wears the crown lies uneasy.

釋義：A person who has great responsibilities, such as a king, is constantly worried and therefore doesn't sleep soundly. This saying is a line from the play King Henry the Fourth, Part Two, by William Shakespeare.

lie是狀態動詞，常用作系動詞表示“處於……水平狀態”，其表語可以是形容詞或形容詞化的現在分詞及過去分詞。如：

He lay sick in bed. 他臥病在牀。（他處於生病的狀態）

The book lay open. 書展開放在桌上。（書處於展開的狀態）

The machinery was lying idle because of the strike.

機器因罷工而閒置着。

*許多狀態動詞都能用作系動詞。像 stand（處於……直立狀態）、keep（處於……保持狀態）、lean（處於……傾斜狀態）、curl（處於……螺旋狀態）等都可以跟形容詞、過去分詞和現在分詞作表語。

這句話還可以說成：Heavy is the head who wears the crown.

例句：Susan began to have trouble sleeping shortly after she was promoted to head of her department. "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," her friends teased.

Susan升職爲部門經理後一直睡不好。她朋友開玩笑說：頭戴王冠，必承其重。

2. uneasy adj.

① not easy 不容易的

② worried 擔憂的

The farmers were uneasy until it finally rained.

③ unquiet 不平靜的

an uneasy night

④ unstable 不穩定的

an uneasy truce

⑤ unsure in manner; constrained 不自在的

I feel uneasy in front of an audience.

我在觀衆面前感到不自在。

Mr. Harding stated that his wife made him uneasy. Harding先生說他太太讓他不舒服。

活學活用

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