跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第979期

The moon does wax, the moon does wane,

And so men meet and say goodbye.

I only pray our life be long,

And our souls together heavenward fly!

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

men /men/ man /mæn/

2. wane/pray /eɪ/ 两个音都不能忽略

3. I only/pray our 元音连读+/j/

言之有物：

人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。

但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。

1. wax/wane

wax noun.

① 蜡

if you wax your legs, arms etc, you remove the hair from them using wax.

② 变大

when the moon waxes, it seems to get bigger each night.

反义词：wane 变小/力量减弱

When the moon wanes, you gradually see less of it.

词链儿：wax and wane 随着时间变大或变小

Interest in the show has waxed and waned. 增加和减少

2. pray XX be adj. 祈祷XX

① 词链儿：pray for XX

I'll pray for you. 我会为你祈祷的。

Let us pray for peace. 让我们为世界和平祈祷。

② 词链儿：pray (that).......

Paul was praying that no one had noticed his absence.

③ 词链儿：hope and pray

I do hope and pray that I will never have the need to use it.

真希望以后用不到它。（希望并祈祷用不上它）

3. heavenward adj. 朝向天空/天国的

词根：-ward 方向

towards 朝向

forwards 向前

backwards向后

afterwards 后来

homewards 家的方向 I'm going homeward. 我朝着家的方向走。

活学活用：

请用 pray 随意造句

《水调歌头·明月几时有》（The moon will have Prelude To Water Melody）.是宋代大文学家苏轼公元1076年（宋神宗熙宁九年）中秋在密州（今山东省诸城市）时所作。这首词以月起兴，与其弟苏辙七年未见之情为基础，围绕中秋明月展开想象和思考，把人世间的悲欢离合之情纳入对宇宙人生的哲理性追寻之中，反映了作者复杂而又矛盾的思想感情，又表现出作者热爱生活与积极向上的乐观精神。词作上片问天反映执著人生，下片问月表现善处。

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