时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:迷你对话学地道口语


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  [00:00:13] Every year, the South has the floods.

南方每年都发洪水,

[00:03:07] It is an act of God.

这是天灾。

[00:04:19] Do you really think so?

你真的这么认为吗?

[00:06:32] Yeah, you have some other ideas?

是呀,你有不同意见吗?

[00:10:37] I think, in some way it is an act of God, but in another way, it just is caused by us.

我觉得一方面是天灾,一方面是人祸。

[00:21:11] For example?

怎么说?

[00:22:57] We did not pay attention to the environment, cut down trees and polluted the air.

我们不重视保护环境,乱砍树木,污染大气。

[00:30:21]Oh, I see. Fortunately government has taken some action to prevent such things.

哦,我明白了。幸好政府已经采取措施加以控制了。

习语:

act of God

讲解:该习语意思为:天灾,不可抗力。天意此语也可写作an act of God. 由an act of 构成的短语还有an act of faith 指“显示信心的行动”;an act of grace 1 指“恩典,大赦”。

支持范例:

Large numbers of peasants died by the act of God.

大批农民死于天灾。

The destruction 2 of the village must have is an act of god.

那座村庄的毁灭一定是天灾造成的。

It was an act of God:the river broke its banks and they were flooded out.

真是天灾:江河冲毁堤坝,人们背井离乡。

迷你对话:

A:Every year,the South has the floods. It is an act of God.

南方每年都发洪水,这是天灾。

B:Do you really think so?

你真的这么认为吗?

A:Yeah, you have some other ideas?

是呀,你有不同意见吗?

B:Ithink, in some way it is an act of God, but in another way,it just is caused by us.

我觉得一方面是天灾,一方面是人祸。

A:For example?

怎么说?

B:We didn't pay attention to the environment,cut down trees and polluted the air.

我们不重视保护环境,乱砍树木,污染大气。

A:Oh, I see. Fortunately government has taken some action to prevent such things.

哦,我明白了。幸好政府已经采取措施加以控制了。

词海拾贝:

in some way:在某种意义上

He is a clever man in some way.

在某种意义上讲,他是个聪明人。

I know you'll do me good in some way,

从某一方面来说,我知道在你对我的帮助会很大,

in another way:另一方面

To put it in another way: he is very shrewd 3.

换句话说,他这个人很精明。

That's one way of looking at it, but couldn't we consider it in another way?

这是一种看问题的方法,但是我们是不是能从另外一个角度看问题呢?

pay attention to:注意

cut down:砍到

take action:采取行动

has the floods:发洪水

have some other ideas:有别的想法,有别的意见



1 grace
n.优雅,雅致,魅力,恩惠,慈悲
  • She is a beautiful girl with the grace and poise.她是一位仪态优雅的佳丽。
  • I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。
2 destruction
n.破坏,毁灭,消灭
  • The enemy bombs caused widespread destruction.敌人的炸弹造成大面积的破坏。
  • Overconfidence was his destruction.自负是他垮台的原因。
3 shrewd
adj.机灵的,敏锐的,精明的
  • His answer to the journalist is a shrewd one.他回答记者的问题是很机敏的。
  • He's too shrewd to be trusted in business matters.他太狡猾,生意上不宜信任。
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