From this day onwards, sunlight hours will start to decrease. But as the earth heats up, the hottest days of summer are upon us.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. decrease要注意两个发音点：第二音节为/i:/；末尾发/s/音；

2. the hottest days of summer / are upon us包含省读、连读、停顿。

言之有物：

拓展：Summer Solstice 夏至〔北半球白昼最长的一天，在 6 月 22 日前后〕

1. 词链儿：from XX onwards 从…起一直

例如：

from the 1980s onwards

从20世纪80年代起

The pool is open from 7 a.m. onwards.

游泳池从早上 7 点起开放。

I'm usually at home from 5 o'clock onwards.

我通常从五时起都在家。

★原声例句：They made cannonballs from the 1830s onwards...

他们从十九世纪三十年代开始制造炮弹...

★原声例句：I think that from that moment onwards, my goal and purpose in life should be different.

我想从那一刻起，我的人生目标应该有所不同。

...but what you see is that from 2000 onwards the down payment...people were asked to make to buy their house got lower.

但你们可以看出来，2000年以来，人们买房的首付越来越低。

图片源自《耶鲁大学开放课程》

...that from now onwards there is a new game.

从现在开始咱们玩一个新的游戏。

图片源自《耶鲁大学开放课程》

2. sunlight hours 日照时间

sunlight n. 阳光，日光

a ray/pool of sunlight

一束╱一片阳光

The morning sunlight flooded into the room.

早晨的阳光泻入房间。

3. decrease & increase

de-向下+crease增长 → 向下增加 →减少；减小

反义词 increase 增大；提高

People should decrease the amount of fat they eat.

人们应减少脂肪的摄入量。

4. as the earth heats up 随着地表热量的累积（伴随状语）

词链儿：heat up

①（使）变热，（把…）加热

The stove takes a while to heat up.

炉子要过一会儿才能热起来。

用法：heat sth up / heat up sth

I heated up the remains of last night’s supper.

我把昨天晚饭剩下的饭菜热了一下。

It'll only take a few minutes to heat up.

几分钟就可以热好。

图片源自《家有正太》

②激烈起来；更加活跃

The election contest is heating up.

选举竞争正趋于白热化。

5. 词链儿：be upon sb 近在咫尺；即将来临

Winter is almost upon us.

冬天即将来临。

The summer season was almost upon them again.

转眼间他们又要过夏天了。

活学活用：

请用 from XX onwards 随意造句

《四季中国》（Seasons of China）：是新华社CNC推出的大型纪录片，由江森海担任节目主持人。

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