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When tragedies strike, we try to find someone to blame. And in the absence of a suitable candidate, we usually blame ourselves.
语音讲解：
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. 词链儿：when tragedies strike 当悲剧降临时
strike v. 突然发生某种不幸
The plague struck again 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. 词链儿：find XX to blame 把责任归咎于XX
→ blame v.责怪；指责
拓展词链儿：someone is to blame (for sth)
某人对某事负有责任
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
回顾【背黑锅 take the blame for ...】
3. 词链儿：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，在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…
在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
《唐顿庄园》（Downton Abbey）：背景设定在1910年代英王乔治五世在位时约克郡一个虚构的庄园——“唐顿庄园”，故事开始于格兰瑟姆伯爵一家由家产继承问题而引发的种种纠葛，呈现了英国上层贵族与其仆人们在森严的等级制度下的人间百态。
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