听歌学英文，是一种非常好的学英语的方式。
本期我们要分享的歌曲是long story short by Taylor Swift
建议大家先对着歌词听一遍音乐，再看后面的精析。效果会更好~
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The knife cuts both ways刀从四面八方袭来
cut both ways
中文释义：
某事是把双刃剑；某事有利也有弊【引申义】
英文释义：
if something cuts both ways, it has both good and bad aspects.
例句：
①Independence in a relationship cuts both ways.
②Republicans are also quick to point out that the question of fairness cuts both ways.
共和党也迅速地指出公平问题有利也有弊。
③Hard truths cut both ways, Ser Davos.
残酷真相亦是双刃剑 戴佛斯爵士。
拓展：
这是个在外刊中的高频表达，我们可以把它积累在写作句型里，表示“xxx有利也有弊”，后面常跟的介词是“in”。用来替代我们经常说的“xxx has advantages and disadvantages”
【写作推荐】
这里补充三个关于描述某物有利也有弊的表达：
①sth is a mixed blessing/bag
例如：
Ironically, high consumption may be a mixed blessing in human terms, too.
具有讽刺意味的是，从人类的角度来看，高消费也可能是喜忧参半。
②sth be of a help and hinderance to sth
例如：
Video games can be both a help and hinderance to study.
电子游戏对学习有利也有弊。
【举一反三】
如果我们想表达xxx弊大于利，则可以说：
sth be more of a hinderance than a help to sth.
同样用这个句子造句：
Video games can be more of a hinderance than a help to study.
电子游戏对学习的影响弊大于利。
③Yet set against these benefits are a bundle of worries.【句型推荐】
这个句型一般可以放在开头，例如：
Yet set against the benefits are a bundle of worries. Electronic payment system maybe vulnerable to technical failures, power blackouts and cyber attacks.
And I fell from the pedestal我从王座上摔了下来
pedestal
阅读词汇
音标：/'pedɪst(ə)l/
中文释义：
（雕像等的）底座，基座
英文释义：
A pedestal is the base on which something such as a statue stands.
拓展：
与这个单词相关的两个短语分别是：
put sb on a pedestal 受崇拜【If you put someone on a pedestal, you admire them very much and think that they cannot be criticized. 】
be knocked off a pedestal 不再受崇拜【If someone is knocked off a pedestal, they are no longer admired.】
例如：
Since childhood, I put my own parents on a pedestal. I felt they could do no wrong.
从童年起，我就把自己的父母当作偶像崇拜，觉得他们做的一切都是对的。
That failure knocked me off my pedestal.
那次失败将我赶下了神坛。
Pushed from the precipice从悬崖上被推下
precipice
阅读词汇
音标：/'presɪpɪs/
中文释义：
悬崖；峭壁
英文释义：
A precipice is a very steep cliff on a mountain.
拓展：
这个单词的本义是“悬崖”，它还有一个“引申义”，表示“险境；危局；绝境”，常见的搭配是“on the edge of a precipice”
例如：
The King now stands on the brink of a political precipice.
国王现在处于政治上岌岌可危的境地。
No more tug of war别再争吵不休
tug of war
中文释义：
势均力敌的争夺
英文释义：
You can use tug-of-war to refer to a situation in which two people or groups both want the same thing and are fairly equally matched in their struggle to get it.
例句：
Chelsea and Aston Villa were involved in a tug of war for Liverpool's Ray Houghton last night.
切尔西队与阿斯顿维拉队昨夜上演了一场夺人大战，争购利物浦的雷·霍顿。
拓展：
“tug of war”在这里是引申义，它的本义是“拔河比赛”
Your nemeses你的敌人
nemeses
音标：/ˈneməsɪs/
中文释义：
天谴;报应
英文释义：
The nemesis of a person or thing is a situation, event, or person which causes them to be seriously harmed, especially as a punishment.
例句：
He believes AIDS is our collective nemesis.
他认为艾滋病是对我们所有人的惩罚。
拓展：
“nemeses”在这里是复数形式，它的单数是“nemesis”
