跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第731期

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.

语音讲解

今日发音练习重点：

1. easy / uneasy 字母y对应/i/音；汉语中无法对应的英语发音：

2. 区分英语和汉语发音：

诶 sit /ɪ/

爱 sad /æ/

凹 shout /aʊ/

斯 the /ð/

言之有物

1. 倒装句 正常语序为 The head that wears the crown lies uneasy.

释义：A person who has great responsibilities, such as a king, is constantly worried and therefore doesn't sleep soundly. This saying is a line from the play King Henry the Fourth, Part Two, by William Shakespeare.

lie是状态动词，常用作系动词表示“处于……水平状态”，其表语可以是形容词或形容词化的现在分词及过去分词。如：

He lay sick in bed. 他卧病在床。（他处于生病的状态）

The book lay open. 书展开放在桌上。（书处于展开的状态）

The machinery was lying idle because of the strike.

机器因罢工而闲置着。

*许多状态动词都能用作系动词。像 stand（处于……直立状态）、keep（处于……保持状态）、lean（处于……倾斜状态）、curl（处于……螺旋状态）等都可以跟形容词、过去分词和现在分词作表语。

这句话还可以说成：Heavy is the head who wears the crown.

例句：Susan began to have trouble sleeping shortly after she was promoted to head of her department. "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," her friends teased.

Susan升职为部门经理后一直睡不好。她朋友开玩笑说：头戴王冠，必承其重。

2. uneasy adj.

① not easy 不容易的

② worried 担忧的

The farmers were uneasy until it finally rained.

③ unquiet 不平静的

an uneasy night

④ unstable 不稳定的

an uneasy truce

⑤ unsure in manner; constrained 不自在的

I feel uneasy in front of an audience.

我在观众面前感到不自在。

Mr. Harding stated that his wife made him uneasy. Harding先生说他太太让他不舒服。

活学活用

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