《电子情书》精讲19期:连自己都无法置信的谎言
日期:2013-07-29 18:36

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I’m in …
我当时在…
... Vancouver.
温哥华
I was stuck in a meeting which I couldn 't get out of...
我当时正在开会,我抽不出空来
... and... ... the electricity went out. And... ... we were trapped... ... on the 38th floor.
大楼忽然断电,我们被卡在38楼
And the telephone system blew too.
电话系统也故障了
Amazingly enough.
够了
Dear friend: I cannot tell you what happened last night.
亲爱的朋友,我无法告诉你 昨晚发生什么事
But I beg you from the bottom of my heart... to forgive me for not being there.
我只能从心底求你原谅我的失约
For what happened. I feel terrible that you found yourself in a situation... ... that caused you additional pain.
对于所有的事,你在咖啡馆遇到的事情我真的感到难过,它加重了你的痛苦
But I'm absolutely sure...
但是我相信
... that whatever you said last night was provoked. Even deserved.
不管你昨晚说了什么都是被逼无奈的,那个人活该
Everyone says things they regret when they're worried or stressed.
在有压力的情形下人们都会说出自己会后悔的话
You were expecting to see someone you trusted...
你本来期待会看到自己信任的人
...and met the enemy instead.
结果却看到敌人
The fault is mine.
这是我的错
Someday I'll explain everything.
总有一天我会给你一个解释
Meanwhile... ...I'm still here.
于此同时,保持联系
Talk to me.
跟我说话

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语意表达:无法离开的,受困的,无法脱身的stuck
句型操练:Certainly, I wouldn't have wanted to be stuck on a desert island with her for any length of time.
当然,我根本一刻也不想和她一起被困在荒岛上。
I don't want to get stuck in another job like that...
我不想陷入另一份那样的工作中。
I am stuck in a relationship which I don't enjoy.
我被一段自己并不喜欢的恋情困住了。
句型出处:I was stuck in a meeting which I couldn 't get out of...
我当时正在开会,我抽不出空来

语意表达:vt.激起,挑起;煽动;招致;触怒,使愤怒 provoke
句型操练:He started beating me when I was about fifteen but I didn't do anything to provoke him...
在我快15岁时他开始打我,可我并没有任何招惹他的举动。
I provoked him into doing something really stupid.
在我的刺激下他做了件非常愚蠢的事。
句型出处:that whatever you said last night was provoked.
不管你昨晚说了什么都是被逼无奈的

语意表达:罪有应得;活该If you say that someone got what they deserved, you mean that they deserved the bad thing that happened to them, and you have no sympathy for them.
句型操练:One of them said the two dead joy riders got what they deserved.
他们中的一个人说这两名开偷来的车去兜风的人死得活该。
句型出处:Even deserved.
那个人活该


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重点单词
  • sympathyn. 同情,同情心,同感,赞同,慰问
  • deservedadj. 应得的;理所当然的 v. 值得;应得;应受报答
  • additionaladj. 附加的,另外的
  • faultn. 缺点,过失,故障,毛病,过错,[地]断层 vt.
  • absolutelyadv. 绝对地,完全地;独立地
  • provokevt. 激怒,惹起,驱使