12月晨读笔记-07-/ʊ/和/aɪ/-日常

(一) 语言点

1. cushion 软垫，可以做动词

    △ cushion the blow 减少打击

         ○ He broke the news of my brother's death to me, making no effort to cushion the blow. 

         ○ She's just cushion the blow, the real answer is NO.

2. 对你不好：It isn’t good for you./ It doesn’t do you any good

3. 好吃：

    delicious有点儿用烂了/ scrumptious，yummy是小孩子用的

    △ It's very good. / It tastes good. / It's mouthwatering. 

4 -ish 有...性质的，像...似的：blueish有点儿蓝  thirtyish三十左右

5. bike可以动词

   △ My dad bikes to work every day. 我爸爸每天骑车上班。

    △ I'll bike the contract over to you this afternoon. 我今天下午骑摩托车把合同给你送过去。

(二) 语音点

1. grocery /ˈɡroʊs- ⇨ˈɡroʊʃ/ 两种都可以，但是so不能读成show

2. who /uː/ 不要读成中文的“呼”。soon还要注意鼻音不能丢。

3. OK语调不能读成中文的

4. I don't know.不要以中文三声开头 “矮冬no”。重读不是必须特别用力，pitch高起来。

5. /ʊ/是微撅嘴的/ʌ/，而不是缩短的/uː/

6. 找出pattern，举一反三：It wouldn’t BE there. To BE with you.

7. could should would 一般元音都读成 /ə/

8. /aɪ/ 不需要把嘴巴长得特别大，上嘴唇不动，下巴动、舌头动。如果后面有/n/，可以拆分来读，比如mind /ma-ɪn-d/

9. eye经常跟别的词连读。

(三) 其他takeaways

1. 每个人都有自己的pet peeve 会一直gnaw/ nɔː/折磨你

      △ pet peeve ：所谓的 pet peeve 就是个人生活习惯上的一些小毛病, 例如有些人不喜欢别人碰他的计算机, 要是你碰他的计算机他就会不高兴, 这就是所谓的 pet peeve. (而非 bad habit.) 通常 pet peeve 都是比较无伤大雅的小毛病, 几乎每个人都有属于他自己的 pet peeve。 " Everybody has his pet peeve." 如果是这个坏习惯大到会影响别人, 像是在公共场所老是讲话很大声, 这就不是 pet peeve, 而要用 annoying 来形容。  " Don't you think he is annoying? " 

     △ gnaw本义是“啃，咬”，比如： The dog was gnawing a bone. Rats had gnawed through the cables.

比喻义是“折磨”：The problem had been gnawing at him for months. Self-doubt began to gnaw away at her confidence.

     △ inhibition 拘束感 (Eric点咖啡不说ice的梗ꉂ ೭(˵¯̴͒ꇴ¯̴͒˵)౨”)

         ○ The children were shy at first, but soon lost their inhibitions. 孩子们开始很羞涩，但很快就放开了。

2. 做作业的时候要设置标准 set the bar