跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第479期

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love now and then.

语音讲解

今日发音练习重点：

1. being 两音节 发音时，音节中间应有j音过渡。

2. crossed in 字母d清清浊浊发t。

言之有物

1. 词链儿：Next to XX

紧邻；在…近旁

We sat next to each other.

我们紧挨着坐在一起。

仅次于

Next to skiing my favourite sport is skating.

我最喜欢的运动除了滑雪就是溜冰。

与…相比

Next to her I felt like a fraud.

和她相比，我觉得自己是滥竽充数。

几乎

Charles knew next to nothing about farming.

查尔斯对耕作几乎一无所知。

2. 词链儿：be crossed in love

have bad luck in love 情场受挫;失恋

He was crossed in love and was in no mood for anything.

他失恋了，没心情做任何事。

拓展：失恋的英语表达

break up 分手，比较中性

dump: She dumped her boyfriend. (她甩了她男朋友）多用于口语。

be jilted 单相思，失恋

3. 词链儿：now and then 有时，时而

I like to go to the cinema now and then.

我喜欢偶尔去看电影。

活学活用

请用 Next to XX 随意造句

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