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音標符號來自權威詞典| Longman Dictionary
今日發音練習重點：
1. nostalgia可發為三或四音節：-gia或-gi‧a
2. de‧ni‧al 包含三音節
1. nostalgia noun. 懷舊; 戀舊；鄉愁
He had a sudden nostalgia for Africa.
一股懷念非洲的離別情意油然而生。
The sight inspired him with nostalgia.
這景象激起了他的懷舊之情。
What is this, a 90s nostalgia thing?
這是什麼？懷舊90年代嗎？
...and nothing was bigger in the '80s than '50s nostalgia.
在80年代沒什麼比得過對50年代的懷舊之情了。
*形容詞 nostalgic adj. 戀舊的；懷舊的
My grandfather was nostalgic for his old days。
我爺爺很懷念過去的時光。
Tom is nuts about nostalgic songs and movies。
Tom痴迷於懷舊的歌曲和電影。
I'm quite nostalgic.
我是個很懷舊的人。
2. denial noun.
deny verb. 否認 否定
*deny的用法：
① deny something 否認某事
He didn't deny the facts.
他沒有否認事實。
② deny doing something
He denied knowing anything about their plans.
他否認知悉他們的計劃。
③ deny+從句
He denied that he knew anything about their plans.
他否認知悉他們的計劃。
④ deny sb. sth. = deny sth. to sb.
He denied his son the money.
= He denied the money to his son.
他拒絕給兒子錢。
denial noun. 否認 否定
Despite his denials, we knew he had taken the purse.
儘管他否認，但我們知道是他拿了錢包。
*拓展用法：be in denial 拒不承認
The patient is still in denial.
病人仍然拒不接受事實。
Are you in denial or something? This is a serious issue!
你不接受事實嗎？這件事很嚴重。
Denial.
不對！
3. present
→noun. 現實 目前
That is enough for the present.
就現在來說，這已足夠。
→noun. 禮物
I have a present for you.
我有個禮物要給你。
→adj. 在現場的
The president was not present at the meeting...
總裁沒有出席這次會議。
→verb. 帶來/引發
This presents a problem for many financial consumers...
這給很多金融消費者帶來了一個問題。