跟着Gwen學英語之每日早讀 第661期

Pain is temporary. It may last for a minute, or an hour, or a day, or even a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it will last forever.

語音講解

今日發音練習重點：

1. pain=pay+/n/

2. temporary 包含四個音節 tem‧po‧ra‧ry

言之有物

1. 詞鏈兒：XX will last for XX 持續XX多久

We won't last two days. 我們過不了兩天。

last 作動詞用，作“持續”、“足夠”。下面四句都正確：

The supply will last five days.
The supply will last me five days.
The supply will last for five days.
The supply will last me for five days.

XX will last forever. XX會永遠持續。

2. 詞鏈兒：XX will subside

sub+side: sub- (under) + sidere (to settle) =to sink to a lower level, be reduced
subside verb. 減弱; 消退;

The pain had subsided during the night.

晚間疼痛已經減輕了。

As tears subside, I find it all so amusing. 淚水過後，我發現一切如此輕鬆自然。

3. 詞鏈兒：XX will take its place

詞鏈兒：take someone's/something's place 取代XX

Someone will take my place the next day. 第二天會有人接替我的位置。

=replace XX

She's trying to replace me. 她想取代我。

活學活用

請用 take someone's/something's place 隨意造句

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