Maybe we are the way we are because of the people we're with. Or maybe we just pick the people we need. However it works, when you find each other, you should never let go.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. maybe we are the way we are 本句中的are不缩约不弱读；

2. 语调参考：

However it works,↗

when you find each other,↗

you should never let go.↘

3. however 单词内部元元连读+/w/

言之有物：

1. 词链儿：...the way XX is

事情的本相；事情本身的样子

Don’t try to fight it. That’s just the way it is.

不要试图抗争，只能这样了。

Perfect is the way we are born.

完美就是我们生来的模样。

★原声例句： They're made of flesh and blood the way we are.

他们和我们一样都是血肉之躯。

The way it used to be isn't the way it was.

就算是老路都没得走了。

图片源自《马达加斯加》

……the way things should be instead of the way they are.

想事情应该怎么样，而不是现实如何。

图片源自《太空堡垒卡拉狄加》

2. pick v. 挑选；选择

拓展词链儿：pick and choose 挑挑拣拣、挑三拣四

You have to take any job you can get—you can’t pick and choose.

你找到什么工作就做什么工作，不能挑三拣四的。

And he gets to pick and choose who gets culled, does he?

所以他来决定清洗谁，是吗？

图片源自《王牌特工》

He can't pick and choose, Patience.

他没得挑选，佩圣斯。

图片源自《猫女》

He didn't pick and choose. He just puckered up.

他可没挑三拣四，不过是撅起嘴唇而已。

图片源自《开心汉堡店》

3. 词链儿：however it works 不管怎样

However it works, make sure to chew sugar-free gum.

不管怎样，一定要嚼无糖口香糖。

However it works, this is really important.

不管怎样，这都是非常重要的。

4. 回顾【let go】

活学活用：

请用 the way XX is 随意造句

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