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 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 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.
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
特别说明:该节目中的迷你对话选自《脱口说英语》之口语习语大全,讲解部分为可可编辑原创。