口語對話
act of God
講解:該習(xí)語意思為:天災(zāi),不可抗力。天意此語也可寫作an act of God. 由an act of 構(gòu)成的短語還有an act of faith 指“顯示信心的行動”;an act of grace 指“恩典,大赦”。
支持范例:
Large numbers of peasants died by the act of God.
大批農(nóng)民死于天災(zāi)。
The destruction of the village must have is an act of god.
那座村莊的毀滅一定是天災(zāi)造成的。
It was an act of God:the river broke its banks and they were flooded out.
真是天災(zāi):江河沖毀堤壩,人們背井離鄉(xiāng)。
迷你對話:
A:Every year,the South has the floods. It is an act of God.
南方每年都發(fā)洪水,這是天災(zāi)。
B:Do you really think so?
你真的這么認(rèn)為嗎?
A:Yeah, you have some other ideas?
是呀,你有不同意見嗎?
B:Ithink, in some way it is an act of God, but in another way,it just is caused by us.
我覺得一方面是天災(zāi),一方面是人禍。
A:For example?
怎么說?
B:We didn't pay attention to the environment,cut down trees and polluted the air.
我們不重視保護環(huán)境,亂砍樹木,污染大氣。
A:Oh, I see. Fortunately government has taken some action to prevent such things.
哦,我明白了。幸好政府已經(jīng)采取措施加以控制了。
詞海拾貝:
in some way:在某種意義上
He is a clever man in some way.
在某種意義上講,他是個聰明人。
I know you'll do me good in some way,
從某一方面來說,我知道在你對我的幫助會很大,
in another way:另一方面
To put it in another way: he is very shrewd.
換句話說,他這個人很精明。
That's one way of looking at it, but couldn't we consider it in another way?
這是一種看問題的方法,但是我們是不是能從另外一個角度看問題呢?
pay attention to:注意
cut down:砍到
take action:采取行動
has the floods:發(fā)洪水
have some other ideas:有別的想法,有別的意見
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