王邁邁幽默四級詞匯幫你記憶單詞（3）

An Example of Tragedy 一個災難的例子???

    Bill Clinton is visiting an urban school. In one class, he asks the students if anyone can give him an example of a “tragedy”. One little boy stands up and offers his viewpoint, “If my best friend who lives next door was playing in the street when a van came along and killed him, that would be a tragedy.” “No,” Clinton utters, “That would be a violent ACCIDENT.” A girl raises her hand, “If a school bus carrying fifty children drove off a cliff, killing everyone involved... that would be a tragedy.” “I’m afraid not,” explains Clinton, “That is what we would call a tremendous LOSS.” The room is tense and silent; none of the other children volunteers. “What?” asks Clinton, “Isn’t there any one here who can give me an example of a tragedy?”he urges. Finally, a boy in the back raises his hand and stands upright. In an uneasy yet sincere voice, he says, “If an airplane carrying Bill & Hillary Clinton were blown up by a bomb, that would be a tragedy.” “Wonderful!” Clinton beams. “Marvelous! And can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?” “Well,” says the boy, “because it wouldn’t be an accident, and it certainly would be no tremendous loss!”?

譯文?

    比爾·克林頓正在某城市的一所學校視察。在一個班里，他問學生能否給他舉個“災難”的例子。一個小男孩站起來自告奮勇發(fā)表觀點，“如果住在隔壁的我最好的朋友在街上玩，突然有輛貨車開過來把他撞死了，我覺得這就是災難�！薄安�，”克林頓說，“這是嚴重的意外事故。”一個小女孩舉手說，“如果載著50個孩子的校車翻到懸崖下，車里的每個人都遇難了…。這就是災難。”“我認為這恐怕不是，”克林頓說，“這是我們通常說的巨大損失�！苯淌依餁夥站o張，一片寂靜，再也沒有其他的孩子主動起來舉例了。“怎么了？”克林頓問道，“難道這兒沒人能給我舉個有關災難的例子嗎？”終于，坐在后面的一個男孩舉起手，站得筆直，用拘束不安卻真誠的聲音說，“如果比爾·克林頓和希拉里·克林頓乘坐的飛機被炸彈擊中，這就是災難�！薄胺浅Ｕ�確！”克林頓微笑著說，“很好！你能告訴我為什么這就是災難呢？”“好的，”男孩說，“因為這既不是意外事故，當然也不是什么巨大損失！”

四級詞匯

1.tragedy ?n.?  ① 慘事，災難 ② 悲劇(藝術)

2.urban ?a.?城市的,市內的

3.viewpoint ?n.?

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