You can balloon up or you can shrink down and I'll still love you.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1. balloon /bəˈluːn/ 注意元音/u:/到鼻音/n/的过渡，不要读成“路温”；

2. shrink /ʃrɪŋk/ 注意单词内部辅音连缀；

3. I'll still 两个单词尾部都包含舌侧音/l/。

言之有物：

1. balloon

→ noun. 气球

to blow up/burst/pop a balloon

吹起气球；吹爆气球

I blew up a balloon but then it burst.

我吹了一个气球，但后来它爆了。

→ verb. 膨胀，鼓起来；突然长胖

Paul ballooned after he got married.

保罗婚后吹气球似地胖了起来。

I ballooned when I became pregnant with my second baby.

怀第二个孩子时，我胖得像个气球。

词链儿：balloon out/up 突然膨胀，涨大

Her skirt ballooned out/up in the wind.

她的裙子让风吹得鼓起来了。

★原声例句：...causing her to balloon up to gain hundreds of pounds.

导致她的体重暴增数百磅。

★原声例句：All of those can lead your legs to balloon up.

所有这些都会导致你的腿膨胀。

2. shrink 与 balloon 含义相反

→verb. 使缩小，使收缩

We want to expand the business, not shrink it.

我们要扩大业务，而不是缩小。

My sweater shrank in the wash.

我的毛衣缩水了。

Didn't think those would fit you until you shrunk down to a regular-size feller.

我估计等你缩到正常人身材才能穿上这衣服。

图源《复仇者联盟》

Because her stomach shrunk to half its size.

她的胃部都缩到只有一半大小。

图源《犯罪心理》

→verb.〔尤指因恐惧而〕退缩，畏缩

He shrank back against the wall.

他向后退到了墙根。

She shrank back in terror.

她恐惧地往后退。

Don't shrink back. 别畏缩！

This is not the time to shrink back in fear. Move forward in faith. Get up every morning knowing you are gifted.

现在不是该退缩的时候。怀着信念往前走。每天早上醒来都要告诉自己，你很幸运。

活学活用：

请用 shrink/balloon 随意造句

《老友记》(Friends): 是一部美国电视情景喜剧，故事以生活在纽约曼哈顿的六个老友为中心，描述他们携手走过的十年风雨历程。

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