11.17早读 | 当悲剧降临,如果无人可以指责,我们往往会责备自己

11.17早读 | 当悲剧降临,如果无人可以指责,我们往往会责备自己

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今天是Gwen陪你早读的第 2191 天哦!


听前想一想:用英语怎么说?


1. 当悲剧降临

2. 如果有人该承担责任,那就是我。

3. 这个决定是我不在的时候作出的。

4. 一个合适的候选人



11.17 早读原文

When tragedies strike, we try to find someone to blame. And in the absence of a suitable candidate, we usually blame ourselves.


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音标符号来自权威词典| Longman Dictionary


今日发音练习重点:

1. tragedies strike 后进同化

2. in the(j) absence of a 注意词间连贯

言之有物

1. when tragedies strike 当悲剧降临

strike v. 突然发生〔某种不幸〕


The plaguestruckagain for the third time that century.

瘟疫再次爆发,是那个世纪的第三次了。


Two days later tragedy struck.

两天后悲剧发生了。


2. find XX to blame 把责任归咎于XX


→ blame v.责怪;指责


拓展词链儿:be to blame (for sth) 对(坏事)负有责任


If anyone's to blame, it's me.

如果有人该承担责任,那就是我。


Which driver was to blame for the accident?

哪个司机是此次事故的肇事者


→ blame n. 责备;指责


点击链接跳转回顾【背黑锅 take the blame for ...】

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Klfc8ZE_-QdRzyffSpqHaw


3. in the absence of XX


① 在... 缺席/不在的时候;

=in/during one's absence

=while XX is away


The decision was made in my absence (= while I was not there).

这个决定是我不在的时候作出的。


② 在缺乏…的情况下


In the absence of any evidence, the police had to let him go.

警察没有证据,只好把他放了。


In the absence of stone, most houses in the area are built of wood.

由于石料匮乏,这一地区的房子大多数都是用木头建造的。


原声例句:In the absence of those two, it won't happen.

如果没有这两个人,这一切就不会发生。


原声例句:So in the absence of human hubris, the universe looks more and more random.

因此,人类不再狂妄自大的情况下,宇宙看起来越来越随机。


You and I both know that, during my absence, …

我们心里都很清楚,趁我不在

图片源自《美国恐怖故事》


Things have really gone downhill in my absence.

我走之后,这里的情况急转直下啊。

图片源自《新飞跃比弗利》


And in the absence of some other argument…

没有其他解释的前提下…

图片源自《耶鲁大学开放课程》


4. a suitable candidate 一个合适的候选人


The hunt is on for a suitable candidate.

正在物色合适的人选

活学活用

请用in the absence of XX随意造句

SCREENSHOT

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  • 听友125606189

    In the absence of any evidence, the police had to let him go.

  • 夏沐_summer

    When tragedies strike, we try to find someone to blame. And in the absence of a suitable candidate, we usually blame ourselves.