A lot of the time, simply being present and offering support and encouragement is really gonna be important when you're trying to support someone else through their grief.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. encouragement 英美发音略有差别（听讲解）；

2. 语调：being present↗, and offering support and encouragement↗...；

3. being包含两音节，前紧后松/ˈbiːɪŋ/。

言之有物：

1. 词链儿：a lot of the time 大多时候

=most of the time

2. simply 仅仅，只是（=only，just，merely...）

回顾【simply的三种用法】

3. V-ing 做主语：

being present and offering support and encouragement

① be present 出席的，到场的

The whole family was present.

全家人都在场。

② offer support and encouragement 提供支持和鼓励

offer XX (to sb) 提供，给予...

offer advice/help/support... 提出建议/给与帮助/提供支持...

offer an opportunity/chance/possibility... 提供机会/可能性...

She was offered a job in Paris.

她在巴黎得到了一份工作。

★原声例句：Is there a warning that you would offer to a listener?

你是否会向听众发出警告？

★原声例句：Anybody can patiently offer support.

任何人都可以耐心地提供支持。

I must confess, I was more than a little concerned with your instincts to offer him Christmas largesse.

我得坦白，你在圣诞节这么慷慨地把他放出来，让我非常担心。

图片源自《美国恐怖故事》

Can I offer you a bear claw or apple fritter?

你想吃熊爪面包呢还是炸苹果圈？

图片源自《恋爱手册》

4. 词链儿：support XX through one's grief 支持别人度过悲伤的时刻

① support v. 支持，帮助，援助〔处于困难时期的人〕

My wife supported me enormously.

我妻子给了我极大的支持。

② 拓展词链儿：work through XX 解决〔问题〕；调整〔情绪〕

work through one's grief 从悲伤/哀痛中走出来

After someone dies, it can take a long time to work through your grief.

有人去世之后，为之悲伤不已的人可能需要很长时间才能从哀痛中走出来。

I was able to work through my grief both positively and spiritually.

我能够以一种积极的方式，从精神上摆脱悲伤。

Maybe you could work through your echo here.

或许你可以在这里经历你的死亡轮回。

图片源自《我欲为人》

How do you work through something like that?

你怎么可能让那种事成为过去？

图片源自《太空堡垒卡拉狄加》

...whatever helps you work through your daddy issues.

只要能帮你走出这仇父情绪就行。

图片源自《丧心病探》

活学活用：

请用 work through one's grief 随意造句

《TED演讲：如何支持自己(和他人)度过悲伤》（Nina Westbrook: How to support yourself (and others) through grief）：在大大小小的方面，我们都会经历失落：无论是亲人的逝去、职业生涯的结束，还是梦想的终结。如何处理多种类型的悲伤，婚姻和家庭治疗师尼娜·威斯布鲁克强调了悲伤作为一种自然情绪和强大镜头的重要性，可以帮助你想象新的未来——并分享在困难时期支持自己和他人的方法。（本次对话由 TED 策展人克洛·莎莎·布鲁克斯主持，是 TED“如何处理困难的情绪”系列的一部分。）

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