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Hi, 最近实在是没有精力也没有话题来写点东西, 发一些之前的文章吧。 这篇文章以All of Me这首歌为例子，和你分享一下如何利用英文歌来提高英文.
“All Of Me" [Verse 1:]
What would I do without your smart mouth? would 很简单的一个词，在口语之中的使用非常灵活，也很有效果 – 表示客气，推测等目的
Drawing me in, and you kicking me out Draw me in, kick me out. 例如, Mark Suckerberg/Steve Jobs drew his friends in when he’s in need, and kicked them out when he’s rich.
You've got my head spinning, no kidding,
I can't pin you down have got 和 have 什么区别？
看英剧的同学一定注意到have got的频繁使用. 美国人也用have got(频率稍低), 例如英国人更可能会说,have you got this book in stock？ 美国人更可能说,Do you have this book in stock?
have got可以当作是 have的强化版本(intensive form), 且只用在现在时. 更多时候会用he got来代替 he has. (这些问题很多时候取决于习惯，和具体情景）推荐阅读:http://www./education/grammar/is-have-got-acceptable-english
pin down，“得到确定的答案”，例如 I tried to pin him down on a time and place, but he was so evasive. (evasive是比较地道的表达：琢磨不透）
What's going on in that beautiful mind
I'm on your magical mystery ride
And I'm so dizzy, don't know what hit me,
but I'll be alright dizzy等于上面的spinning，头晕了可以说I feel dizzy hit 这个词口语中很常见, 例如 I was pulling an all-nighter last night, and the sleep just hit me.
[Pre-Chorus:]
My head's under water
But I'm breathing fine
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind 
对我们中国人来说“双元音”(diphthong)很不习惯的,再加上一个”鼻音”（nasal sound) “n” 对有些人来说是有困难的, 试练习,区分 fan fun fine, man, mind 口语练习tip: 如果你使用Iphone，可以配合siri练习;如果你使用Androird, 可以配合google练习; 如果你用Macbook, 可以利用Dictation&Speech练习. 这几种方式的识别率没那么高，但是不失为一个发音的参考.
上次和大家分享了语音训练利器(其实是从“巴别塔”这个公众号上看到的) -- Dragon Dictation, 比siri要好用.
[Chorus:]
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections 
perfect 这个音的重音一定要念对, 动词和形容的重音位置不一样. 例句: You don’t have to perfect ( v.) your imperfections, because for me they are your perfect(adj.) idiosyncrasies.
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning 
end这个小词也很好用，表示finish; 也常用end with doing =wind up 例如,某男对其小三说, honey, my wife has found out, and I have to put an end to our relationship…here’s 1 million, I love you, take care! lol
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, oh wingman是个很火的词, 简单来说wingman is the man who helps you win.
[Verse 2:]
How many times do I have to tell you
Even when you're crying you're beautiful too
The world is beating you down,
I'm around through every mood
You're my downfall, you're my muse 
downfall 结合第十三期快船老板的例子, 我们可以说 The downfall for Donald Sterling was the girl who released the recordings of racist remarks. 或者我们可以拟标题Donald Sterling’s Downfall with Racist Comments 走下坡路，可以说go downhill downfall 和 muse是对应的, 我觉得可以理解为，你让我萎，你让我潮 … …
My worst distraction, my rhythm and blues
I can't stop singing, it's ringing, in my head for you 
当然，做一次这样的笔记，费时费力，但是如果积累下去，我相信一定会有进步的. 希望您能体会到本期分享的"物尽其用"，“背单词”，“练口语” -- 不会唱的话，读一读也是不错的。 学英语有很多种学法，电影，美剧，音乐, 而且英语的学习也会持续帮助我们发现新的内容，新的兴趣. 如果想“学”， 没有捷径，只有痛苦，痛苦到上了瘾就不痛了. 如果是“乐”为主, 别纠结，have fun, enjoy!
写在后面的话：关于英语&歌词
这周做地铁的时候听了一个Podcast, This American Life. 这期的主题是break-up. http://www./radio-archives/episode/339/break-up 其中有一个故事是女孩(Starlee Kine)分手之后非常痛苦，终日沉浸于悲情歌曲之中无法自拔。然后她想自己写一首歌，试图来减轻自己的痛苦，尽管她不会任何的乐器也没什么乐理知识. 她尝试去写歌. 
In the wake of a break-up, writer Starlee Kine finds so much comfort in break-up songs that she decides to try and write one herself—even though she has no musical ability whatsoever. For some help, she goes to a rather surprising expert on the subject.
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