It's a good idea to contemplate what homefulness means because it makes you appreciate it even more. For me, it's more than a roof over your head. It's home and hearth.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

言之有物：

1. 词链儿：It's a good idea to do...

...是个好主意

It's a good idea to have your blood pressure checked regularly.

定期检查你的血压是个好主意。

回顾【Just stop and smell the roses occasionally. (That) probably would be a good idea.】

2. 词汇：contemplate v. 考虑；思量；沉思；苦思冥想

近义表达：

consider

think of/about...

to contemplate your future

仔细盘算未来

I can't contemplate what it would be like to be alone.

我不能想像独自一人会是什么样子。

3. 词汇：homefulness n. 家

→ -ful 充满...的；引起...的

painful adj. 疼痛的

hopeful adj. 抱有希望的

→ -ness …的性质（或状态、特点）〔用于把形容词变成名词〕

blindness n. 失明

silliness n. 愚蠢

4. 词链儿：a roof over your head

栖（qī）身之所

I am just thankful that we have a roof over our heads.

我们有地方住我就很感激了。

拓展词链儿：

under your roof

=in your home 在家里

I don't want her under my roof again.

我再也不想让她到我家来了。

★影视原声视频：

I eventually just made sure that you had a roof over your head and food on your plate and clothes on your back.

我最后只是确保你有容身之所，食能果腹，衣能遮体。

影视片段《极品老妈》

★影视原声视频：

You should appreciate all of the good things in your life. You've got love. You're in good health. You've got a roof over your head.

你应该感恩自己人生拥有的美好事物，你拥有爱，你拥有健康的身体，你还拥有一个栖身之所。

影视片段《生活大爆炸 》

回顾【put a roof over your head】

5. 词链儿：hearth and home

家和家庭生活；温暖舒适的家庭生活

hearth n. 壁炉周围的地面

a longing for hearth and home

对温暖家庭的渴望

They were reluctant to leave hearth and home.

他们很不愿意离开温馨的家。

活学活用：

请用 a roof over your head 随意造句

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