跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第145期
时间：2019-01-17 作者：英语课 分类：跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读
英语课
There's nothing so bad as parting with one's children. One seems so forlorn without them.
语音讲解：
单词发音
bad/bæd/ -bed /bed/
children /ˈtʃɪldrən/
forlorn /fəˈlɔːn $ fərˈlɔːrn/
without /wɪðˈaʊt/
连词发音
so bad as /səʊbædəz/
seems so /siːmsəʊ/
without it /wɪðˈaʊðəm/
轻读重读
重读：nothing/bad/forlorn
弱读：as/with
词汇讲解
1.not so ... as ... phrase 1.
释义：formal used in comparisons 2 to say that something or someone has less of a particular quality than another person or thing 不像...一样
例句：The bed was not so comfortable as his own.
这个床没有他自己的睡着舒服。
2.forlorn adj.孤立无助的; 凄凉的
近义词 lonesome
释义：seeming lonely and unhappy
例句：Ana sat with a bowed head and spoke 3 in a forlorn voice.
安娜低头坐着，用一种凄凉的声音说话。
活学活用
not so ... as ... phrase.不像...一样
英文：It is not so expensive as you might expect.
中文：那不像你料想的那么昂贵。
语法讲解
so...as...引起比较状语从句，肯定句用as...as...,否定句用not...as(so)...as...
在此句中，one是代词而非数词，等于someone.
n.短语，词组；成语，习语
- The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
- That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。
比较( comparison的名词复数 )； [修辞学]比喻； [语法学]（形容词或副词的）比较等级； 类似
- I. Comparisons to a Living Creature (i. e., the Sphinx riddle) 1．比作某种生物（如斯芬克司谜） 来自英汉非文学 - 民俗
- Make comparisons about the products. 对产品做对比。 来自超越目标英语 第4册