It is being totally quiet and relaxed, separating yourself from everything around you, setting your mind free like a bird, and you can then see your thoughts as if they were passing clouds.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

言之有物：

1. 拓展词汇：冥想

meditate v. 冥想；沉思

meditation n. 冥想，打坐

Sophie meditates for 20 minutes every day.

索菲每天冥想20分钟。

Yoga involves breathing exercises, stretching, and meditation.

瑜伽包括呼吸训练、伸展和打坐。

2. 词链儿：being totally quiet and relaxed

全然的安静和放松

3. 词链儿：separate A from B

把A与B隔开

It is impossible to separate belief from emotion.

信仰和感情是分不开的。

4. 词链儿：set...free/loose

释放.../使...自由

set one's mind free like a bird

使某人的精神像鸟儿一样自由

词链儿：set somebody free/loose

放某人走

★影视原声视频：

You want to set me free? Set me free!

你要放我走吗？现在就放我走！

影视片段《妮基塔》

★影视原声视频：

I set her free.

我给了她自由。

影视片段《美女与野兽》

回顾【To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that prisoner was you.】

5. 词链儿：as if 好像，仿佛

He talked to me as if I was his daughter.

他把我当成他女儿一样的跟我说话.

6. 词链儿：passing clouds

过眼云烟：形容事物短暂而转瞬即逝，不值得过多关注或纠结。

Success and failure are like floating smoke and passing clouds.

一切成败得失，终是过眼烟云。

活学活用：

请用 set...free/loose 随意造句

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