跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第768期

The problem with a person having a lack of love is that they don't know what it looks like. So it's easy for them to get tricked.

语音讲解

今日发音练习重点：

1. lack

2. having在口语中可能被发成havin'

3. tricked /t/ 清清浊浊

言之有物

1. 词链儿：the problem with XX is that... XX的问题是...

The problem with drugs is that they have side-effects and are often addictive.

药物治疗的问题在于会产生副作用，同时，容易对药物产生依赖性。

2. 词链儿：have a lack of XX 缺乏XX

They really have a lack of expertise.

他们实在太缺乏专业意识了。

a lack of love 缺爱

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

婚姻不幸福，不是因为缺乏爱，而是因为缺乏友谊。

You felt it was because somelack of trust or confidence.

lack for XX 缺乏XX （此处lack为动词）

她从不缺朋友。

She never lacks for friends.

=She does not lack for friends.

3. 词链儿：don't know what it looks like 不知道它长什么样子（看上去的样子）

It‘s not what it looks like 事情不是你所看到的。

Draw a picture of the house so we know what it looks like.

画出房子的图来让我们看看是什麽样子的。

4. 词链儿：get tricked

get+done 表被动

get tricked 被骗

活学活用

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