A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a young boy’s shoulders, to let him know the world hadn’t ended.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. re(j)assuring 单词内连音的情况

2. hadn’t ended中的/t/音可省略

言之有物:

1. to do something as simple and reassuring as...

as adj. and adj. as... 像...和...一样

That dog is as big as a small horse, so I'm definitely not going over there!

那条狗和一条小马一样大，我肯定不会过去！

2. reassuring adj. 令人感到宽慰的；令人放心的

reassuring news 令人放心的消息

a reassuring smile/response 宽心一笑/的回应

Well, that's reassuring.

嗯，这令人欣慰。

图片源自《冰河世纪》

...give your partner a reassuring smile and a gentle kiss.

给伴侣一个安心的笑容和温柔的吻。

图片源自《小银幕大电影》

reassured adj. 放心的；安心的

I feel much more reassured when I've been for a health check.

体检之后我感到放心多了。

Oh，I feel completely reassured.

我感到完全放心。

图片源自《怪医豪斯》

reassure verb. 使某人放心

We reassured him that the project was on schedule.

我们向他保证项目按计划进行着。

I am just trying to reassure my husband.

我只是想让我的丈夫放心。

图片源自《绝望主妇》

★原声例句：The retail sector situation for the end of 2019 is not reassuring.

2019年底零售业的状况并不乐观。

★原声例句：It's really reassuring to work with someone that experienced, because you know that whatever happens, there will be a solution for the next problem.

与如此有经验的人一起工作让人安心，因为你知道无论发生什么，总有解决办法。

3. put a coat around someone's shoulders 给某人披上外套

put one's arm around someone's shoulder

将手搂在某人肩膀上

4. The world hadn’t ended. 世界没有毁灭。

No worries, it doesn't mean that the world is ending.

不用担心，行星连珠并不意味着世界末日。

I thought the world had ended.

我以为世界末日到了。

图片源自《我本坚强》

活学活用：

请用 reassuring 随意造句

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