跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第746期

A happy life isn't hard to come by. The trick is to not regret the choices you made Along the way.

语音讲解

今日发音练习重点：

1. happy /p/音送气打折

2. trick 辅音连缀/tr/ choices

言之有物

1. 词链儿：come by

①获得

Steady work is hard to come by in this economy.

现在这个经济形式不好找到稳定工作。

②拜访（=stop by）

Please come by sometime.

有空来串门啊！

Jenny came by the house earlier, looking for you.

Jenny刚才来找你。

It was so great to see you, thanks for stopping by!

见到你真开心！感谢拜访。

2. 词链儿：the trick is... 诀窍是...

The trick is living with yourself forever. 要诀是永远和自己生活。

trick noun. 诀窍 verb. 戏弄/耍

拓展：trick or treat 不给糖就捣蛋

拓展：do the trick 够用/用得上/管用

Is this envelope large enough to do the trick?
这个信封够大了吗？

I tried many different ways to stop smoking. Acupuncture finally did the trick.

我试过很多方法戒烟，但最终针灸法管用了。

3. 词链儿：regret the choices 后悔做出的选择

I didn't regret the choice I had made.

我做了这个选择并不后悔。

I'm left to regret my choices. 我只剩下后悔我的选择了。→我只能后悔我的选择。

4. along the way 一路上/沿途

包含具象和抽象的用法：

Along the way, I stopped, and I threw my gun into the river. 沿途我停下，并把枪扔进了河里。

We've made some mistakes along the way. 一路走来我们犯了些错误。

类似词链儿：down the road

活学活用

请用 along the way 随意造句

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