I figure life is a gift and I don't intend on wasting it.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
1. and I 除正常辅元连读外,还可省略/d/音,/n/音与/aɪ/连读
2. don't intend 除正常辅元连读外,还可省略/t/音,/n/音与/aɪ/连读
言之有物:
1. 词链儿:I figure... 我觉得、估计、认为
I figure she'll be back soon.
我估计她不久就会回来。
I never figured that this would happen.
我没想到这事会发生。
I figure we owe him that much for the beer.
我觉得这是咱们欠他酒情。
图片源自《肖申克的救赎》
I figured since I had run this far...我想,既然已经跑了这么远...
图片源自《阿甘正传》
2. gift noun. 礼物、天赋
Please accept this little gift as a souvenir.
请留下这个小小礼物作为纪念。
Her grandmother had the gift of making people happy.
她奶奶有逗人开心的本事。
gifted adj. 有天赋的
3. 词链儿:intend on doing /to do something 打算、计划做XX
intend on 比intend to 更偏口语用法
I intend on protecting myself and my loved ones.
我打算保护我自己,和我爱的人。
What do you intend to do ?
你打算干什么?
I intend to think it over very hard. 我打算好好考虑一下。
图片源自《绿里奇迹》
活学活用:
请用 intend 随意造句
《泰坦尼克号》(TITANIC):影片以1912年泰坦尼克号邮轮在其处女启航时触礁冰山而沉没的事件为背景,描述了处于不同阶层的两个人——穷画家杰克和贵族女露丝抛弃世俗的偏见坠入爱河,最终杰克把生命的机会让给了露丝的感人故事。
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