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英语俚语习语小对话第30期: "天意"英语怎么说? (mp3和文本下载)

2017-04-11来源:和谐英语

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。

英语情景对话:

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: 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。

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。

英语学习笔记:

1.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,

2.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?

3.pay attention to:注意

4.cut down:砍到

5.take action:采取行动

6.has the floods:发洪水

7.have some other ideas:有别的想法,有别的意见