跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第781期

When it gets hard

You know it can get hard sometimes

It's the only thing that makes us feel alive

语音讲解

今日发音练习重点：

1. you know it can

2. feel alive

言之有物

1. 词链儿：get hard 变难

hard adj. （具象)变坚硬；（抽象）变困难

After a long time, the tree sap would get hard...很久以后，树液会变硬。

Is life always this hard? 人生总是这么痛苦吗？

词链儿拓展：give XX a hard time 让XX难受、难堪

Now you're gonna give me a hard time too? 现在你也要来给我难堪吗？

Don't give me a hard time, too. 别也来为难我。

2. 词链儿：it's the only thing that... 这是唯一...的（事情）。

Land is the only thing that lasts. 土地是唯一持久的东西。

It's the only thing I know how to do. 这是我唯一会做的事。

3. make us feel alive 让我们感觉还活着

alive adj. 活着的 反义词为 dead

同 living adj. 存在的

lively adj. 充满生气的

She does not know if he is alive or dead

她不知道他是生是死。

A lively child = a child who is full of energy.

A child who is alive = a child who is not dead.

√ How many living things are there on the planet?

✗ How many alive things are there on the planet?

活学活用

请用it's the only thing that... 随意造句

《相片》（ Photograph）：是英国流行男歌手Ed Sheeran于2014年6月24日发布的一首歌曲，收录于他2014年发行的专辑 X 中。

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