As terrifying and painful as reality can be, it's also the only place where you can get a decent meal.
语音讲解
今日发音练习重点:
1. painful
2. 连读:as terrifying and painful as
言之有物
1. As terrifying and painful as reality can be,...
正常语序:As(尽管)reality can be as (像)terrifying and painful(as it is),...
其中,第一个as为“尽管”、“虽然”的意思(相当于though);
第二个as表“如...一样”。
或理解为 Terrifying and painful as(尽管) reality can be,...
翻译为:尽管现实世界(能够如它本身这般)可怕又痛苦
词链儿:adj. as XX can be /it is/ seems 尽管XX
仿写造句:
Beautiful as she looks from the outside, she also possess an evil character.
尽管她看起来美貌,内心却充满邪恶。
Complicated as it seemed, he figured it out only in a few seconds.
尽管看起来很难,但他几分钟就解开了。
2. get a decent meal 吃到像样的一餐
decent adj. 得体的、像样的、体面的
a decent job 一份像样的工作
decent language 得体的语言
decent wages/pay 薪资不错
He was a very decent man. 他是一个正派的人。
That was the act of a child, not a decent man.
这是一个孩子的行为,而不是一个正派人士的。
3. it's a place where... 这是一个...的地方
定语从句
It's a place where a lot of people meet.
那是一个有许多人聚会的地方。
It's a place where you buy books.
那是一个你可以去买书的地方。
I lived in a place where everything was for sale. 我住在一个无所不卖的地方。
It's a place where many roads and many lives intersect. 这是一个很多道路和生命交汇的地方。
活学活用
请用 adj. as XX can be 随意造句
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