Nothing comforts anxiety like a little nostalgia.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. anxiety/???za??ti/ 注意第二、三音节元音发音的过渡；

2. nostalgia可发为三或四音节：-gia或-gi?a

言之有物：

1. comfort n./v. 舒服；安慰

comfortable adj. 舒适的，令人舒服的

comfortably adv. 舒服地，舒适地

comforting adj. 令人宽慰的，解忧的

discomfort n. 不舒服；不自在/ v. 使不舒服；

comfort XX 安慰；抚慰 XX

She comforted herself with the thought that it would soon be spring.

她想到春天很快就要来临，以此来宽慰自己。

I went to comfort her but she shooed me away.

我过去安慰她，她却把我嘘走。

词链儿：comfort anxiety 舒缓焦虑

2. nostalgia n. 留恋；怀旧（不可数）

nostalgic adj. 恋旧的；怀旧的

nostalgically adv. 恋旧地

词链儿：nostalgia for XX

nostalgia for the good old days

对美好过去的留恋

Some people feel nostalgia for their schooldays.

有些人对自己的学生时代充满了怀旧之情。

a sense/wave/pang of nostalgia 怀旧感

回顾【Nostalgia is denial. Denial of the painful present. 怀旧是对痛苦现实的否认】

3. Nothing comforts anxiety like a little nostalgia.

= There's nothing like a little nostalgia to comfort anxiety.

词链儿：there's nothing like XX

什么都比不上XX

There's nothing like a hot bath after a day's climbing.

爬了一天的山以后，没什么比得上好好泡个热水澡了。

There's nothing like a brisk walk on a cold day!

冷天出来快步走走，简直太舒服了。

There's nothing like a nice cup of tea!

没有什么能比得上一杯好茶了！

★原声例句：There's nothing like these great universities.

没有什么能比得上这些伟大的大学。

★原声例句：There's nothing like a competition to really get people.

没有什么比竞争更能吸引人才了。

Nothing like a picture of happy, shiny faces to take away the guilt of locking us away.

比如什么笑容洋溢的照片以掩盖用铁链锁住我们的罪恶。

图片源自《美国恐怖故事》

There's nothing like a bit of sweet.

没有什么比吃点甜食更好的了。

Oh, there's nothing like a bit of sweet.

除了甜味没有像蛋糕的地方。

图片源自《大西洋帝国》

（There's）Nothing like a night out with the boys.

晚上和男孩子出去最爽了。

图片源自《少男老爸》

活学活用：

请用 there's nothing like XX 随意造句

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