什么是双词搭配 (binomials)？– 迷你英语微课：英语精读讲义

My friends always tell me, "Gabriel, you're boring.

朋友们总是对我说：“Gabriel，你真无聊。

Sooner or later, you're going to have to live a little. 講解

你迟早得去好好享受一下生活。

You're getting on. 短語動詞

你的年纪越来越大了。

It's now or never. 短語搭配

此时不搏，更待何时。

Slow and steady doesn't always win the race. 短語搭配

稳扎稳打未必总能赢。

You can't be a bore forever and ever. 講解

你总不能永远都这么无趣吧。

Now and then, you've got to take risks." 短語搭配

偶尔你也得冒冒险。”

So, do you know what I did?

所以，你们知道我做了什么吗？

I took their advice.

我听取了他们的建议。

I started practising my binomial pairs. 用詞

我开始练习我的“双词连语”（binomial pairs）。

Binomial pairs consist of two words 短語搭配

双词连语由两个词组成，

joined by a conjunction or preposition.

中间由连词或介词连接。

The conjunction or preposition is normally unstressed

连词或介词通常不重读，

and the two words are stressed.

而那两个词要重读。

For example, now or never.

比如：now or never。

The order of the words is also fixed. 用詞

词的顺序也是固定的。

So, we don't say never or now. 語氣意圖

所以，我们不说 never or now。

It doesn't sound natural. 短語搭配

那听起来很不自然。

We say now or never.

我们说 now or never。

Now, they are super idiomatic 用詞

它们非常地道，

and while they won't make you the life and soul of the party, 講解

虽然它们不至于让你成为派对上的灵魂人物，

they will make you sound natural. 語法

但绝对能让你的英语听起来很自然。

So, let's go through them. 短語動詞

我们一起来看看吧。

Let's have a look at some binomial pairs relating to time. 短語搭配

先来看一些与时间相关的双词连语。

First one, sooner or later.

第一个是 sooner or later。

Sooner or later, you're going to have to live a little.

Sooner or later, you're going to have to live a little.（你迟早得去好好享受一下生活。）

Sooner or later means eventually.

Sooner or later 的意思是“最终、迟早”。

Eventually, I'm going to have to start living a little.

最终，我总得开始享受一下生活。

This one's cool because sooner and later rhyme.

这个词组很酷，因为 sooner 和 later 押韵。

The /ə(r)/ sound repeats.

都重复了 /ə(r)/ 的发音。

Next one, is now or never.

接下来是 now or never。

You're getting on.

You're getting on.（你的年纪越来越大了。）

It's now or never.

It's now or never.（必须把握现在。）

Now or never means

Now or never 的意思是：

if you don't do it now, 語法

如果你现在不做，

you'll never be able to do it.

就永远没机会做了。

This one is interesting

这个词组很有趣，

because the consonant sound on now and never repeats.

因为 now 和 never 重复了同一个辅音。

Now and never.

Now 和 never。

And we call that alliteration.

我们称之为“头韵”。

Next one, slow and steady.

下一个是 slow and steady。

Slow and steady doesn't always win the race.

Slow and steady doesn't always win the race.（稳扎稳打未必总能赢。）

The phrase slow and steady wins the race 習語

slow and steady wins the race 这个俗语，

means that doing something consistently over time 語法

意思是只要坚持不懈地做一件事，

is the best way.

就是最好的方法。

Next up, forever and ever. 表達脈絡

接下来是 forever and ever。

ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever.

ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever.

You can't be a bore forever and ever.

You can't be a bore forever and ever.（你不能永远都这么无趣。）

This one shows that something never ends.

这个词组表示某事永不结束。

I can't spend my whole life being boring. 語法

我总不能一辈子都这么无聊。

Notice that the first syllable of the first word

注意，第一个单词的第一个音节

is not stressed.

是不重读的。

We say forever and ever.

我们念 forever and ever。

Repeating ever makes it sound long and unending.

重复 ever 让它听起来绵长无止境。

Last one, now and then.

最后一个，now and then。

Now and then, you've got to take risks.

Now and then, you've got to take risks.（偶尔，你也得冒冒险。）

Now and then means sometimes.

Now and then 的意思是“有时、偶尔”。

But oh, notice that the d sound

但是要注意，and 末尾的 d 音

at the end of and is not stressed.

是不发重音的。

So, we say now and then.

所以我们会连读为 now and then。

These binomial pairs are great for talking about processes, 短語搭配

这些双词连语很适合用来谈论过程、

diet plans, exercise regimes,

饮食计划、锻炼方案、

learning a new sport, learning a new language.

学习一项新运动、学习一门新语言。

So, over to you. 語氣意圖

那么，现在轮到你了。

Now it's time for a little show and tell. 講解

现在是“展示与分享”（show and tell）环节。

Share your stories in the chat, 語氣意圖

把你的故事分享在评论区吧，

good or bad, win or lose, share them. 短語搭配

无论好坏（good or bad），输赢（win or lose），都分享出来吧。