Goodness is not goodness that seeks advantage. Good is good in the final hour, in the deepest pit, without hope, without witness, without reward. Virtue is only virtue in extremis.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
言之有物:
1. 词汇:goodness
① 天啊!啊呀!〔用于表示惊讶,有时也表示愤怒〕
Goodness ?me!
天哪;天啊 !
My goodness, you have spent a lot!
啊呀,你花了这么多钱!
My goodness, this molehill is becoming a mountain.
哎呦,小小罅隙积怨逐重高若大山了呢。
- Oh, my goodness.
- You know what that means?
-天呐!
-你知道意味着什么吗?
② 善良的品质
the essential goodness of human nature
人性善良的本质
2. 词链儿:seek advantage
寻求好处/寻求优势
3. 词链儿:in the final hour
最后的时刻
What are his thoughts in these final hours?
他在生命的终点有什么想法?
4. 词链儿:in the deepest pit
在深渊极底
回顾【Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again.】
5. 词链儿:Virtue is only virtue in extremis.
词链儿:something is only something in...
只有在XX时,某物才是某物。
→ virtue n. 善;美德
反义词 vice
Patience is not one of her virtues, I'm afraid.
恐怕她不具有耐心这一美德。
→词链儿:in extremis
图片源自《维基百科》
① 在紧急关头;在绝境中
I'll only ask the bank for a loan in extremis.
我只有在万般无奈时才会向银行申请贷款。
② 在弥留之际
to treat patients who were in extremis
治疗处于弥留之际的病人
We trust them with our lives when we're in extremis.
在危急关头,我们把生命托付给他们。
This is advice in extremis.
这是极端情况下的建议。
He's in extremis, Reggie.
他走投无路了,雷吉。
活学活用:
请用 in extremis 随意造句
《神秘博士》(Doctor who):是一部由英国BBC出品的科幻电视剧。故事讲述了一位自称为“博士”(The Doctor)的时间领主用他伪装成20世纪50年代英国警亭的时间机器塔迪斯(TARDIS,即”Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space“的缩写)与其搭档在时间、空间探索悠游、惩恶扬善、拯救文明、帮助弱小的故事。
关注微信号:TeacherGwen