Wild grasses spread over ancient plain;

With spring and fall they come and go.

Fire tries to burn them up in vain;

They rise again when spring winds blow.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

言之有物：

1. 词链儿：come and go 来来去去；时有时无；忽隐忽现

They were able to come and go at will.

他们能够来去自由。

The pain comes and goes.

疼痛时断时续。

2. 词链儿：burn sth up 烧光/烧尽；耗尽

Most of the woodland has now been burnt up.

现在大多数林地都被烧光了。

拓展词链儿：burn sb up 使〔某人〕十分愤怒

The way he treats her really burns me up.

他那样对待她实在让我很恼火。

burn相关词链儿：

burn your boats/bridges 自断退路；破釜沉舟

burn a hole in sb's pocket 钱在口袋里留不住，一有钱就想花

burn the midnight oil 熬夜工作

burn the candle at both ends 劳累过度

burn yourself out 把（自己）累垮

get/have your fingers burnt （因错误决定而）吃亏，蒙受损失

be burnt up with jealousy and suspicion 妒火中烧，满腹狐疑

burn off/up excess calories 消耗多余热量

You've been burning the candle at both ends lately. Go get some rest.

你最近太劳心劳力了。去好好休息一下。

影视片段《星际迷航》

I'm burning the candle at both ends and the middle.

我忙得不可开交。

影视片段《死亡医师 Dr. Death》

Maybe I can burn off my excess energy.

这样可以消耗我过旺的精力。

影视片段《好汉两个半》

3. 词链儿：do XX in vain/XX be in vain 徒劳地；枉然地；无用地

I tried in vain to start a conversation.

我极力想挑起话头，但没有成功。

All our efforts were in vain.

我们的所有努力都付诸东流了。

活学活用：

请用 burn相关词链儿 随意造句

“野火烧不尽，春风吹又生。”出自唐代诗人白居易《赋得古原草送别》中的诗句。《赋得古原草送别》是一首应考习作，相传白居易十六岁时作。“野火烧不尽，春风吹又生”的意思是：不管烈火怎样无情地焚烧，只要春风一吹，又是遍地青青的野草，极为形象生动地表现了野草顽强的生命力。

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