Tale as old as time,

true as it can be.

Barely even friends,

then somebody bends, unexpectedly.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

言之有物：

1. 词链儿：barely even friends

几乎不算朋友

barely adv. 几乎不，几乎没有

I barely recognized her.

我几乎认不出她了。

We barely know each other.

我们几乎不认识彼此。

图片源自《老爸老妈的浪漫史 第一季》

—Apologize for the racket.

—Barely noticed.

我对嘈杂声表示抱歉。

几乎没注意到。

图片源自《 实习生》

近义词：hardly, scarcely

2. 词汇：bend v. 弯曲/俯身

She bent and picked up a plastic bucket

她弯腰提起一个塑料桶。

This is too stiff, I can't bend it with my hands.

这东西太硬，我无法用手把它弯过来。

3. 词汇：unexpectedly adv. 竟然/居然/出乎意料地

I was really surprised when he turned up unexpectedly.

我实在很吃惊当他意外地出现。

Well, that was unexpectedly beautiful.

真是出乎意料的感人。

图片源自《生活大爆炸》

活学活用：

请用 barely 随意造句

《紧紧永相随》(Beauty and the Beast):1990年发行的迪士尼电影《Beauty and the Beast(美女与野兽)》的主题曲，作词为Howard Ashman ，作曲者为Alan Menken，演唱者Celine Dion& Peabo Bryson。该歌曲国语版为《紧紧永相随》。

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