跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第531期

Moments in time cast a shadow over your life, and change you forever.

语音讲解

今日发音练习重点：

moment 第二个音节弱读

schwa就是非重读央元音

弱央元音Schwa是英文发音中最常见的元音，常出现在（多音节单词的）非重读音节里。

In fact, in casual speech, we all use schwa more than any other single sound. It is the unstresssed vowel in the everyday use of words like afford, collapse, oven, photograph and in the common words a and the.
——The Study of Language

2. cast a shadow over your life 属同一意群，每个词间不停顿。但如果语速很慢，词间停顿也有可能（正常语速音节间声音连续不断）。

言之有物

1. moments in time 时间内的瞬间

词链儿：in time及时 / on time 准时——在时间点上

He got up late this morning， but he caught his bus in time.

他今早起床晚了，但是他及时赶上了公交车。

The bus came right on time.

火车正点到站。

2. 词链儿：to cast a shadow over/on XX

英文释义 to spoil a good situation with something unpleasant=to spoil

为XX笼罩阴影

具象 The ship's sail cast a shadow on the water.

船帆在水面上投下一片影子。

抽象 He didn't want to cast a shadow on (= spoil) their happiness.

他不想给他们的幸福蒙上阴影。

活学活用

请用 cast a shadow over 随意造句

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