第一，迷你对话

A: We must do something to same him from the slough of despond.

我们必须做点什么，让他不再绝望。

B: But it is hard. This time he was hit by a big shock.

但是那太难了，他这次受到的打击太大了。

A: I know, but let's try.

我知道，让我们试试看。

B: Yeah, he needs us very much.

是的，他非常需要我们。

第二，地道表达

slough of Despond

解词释义

Slough of despond的意思是“绝望的深渊”。有这么一句话：“The name of the slough was Despond.（这个深渊的名叫绝望。）”这里的slough是指马车通不过的泥沼地，比喻为“绝望的境地”。Slough of despond means to a state of severe depression。

拓展范例

E.g. Often the two men came into the slough of despond and had to start all over again.

他们俩常常陷入绝境，不得不重新返工。

E.g. I started going to therapy once I felt myself slipping into the slough of despond.

一旦我感到自己快不行的时候了，我就去治疗。

E.g. At that time the I was in the slough of despond.

当时，我陷入深深的绝望之中。

第三，好词妙语

save... from...：从......拯救出来，使......免于......

E.g. He grab at the boy, but can not save him from falling.

他想抓住那男孩儿，然而那孩子还是跌倒了。

E.g. I will save her from robbers.

我要从强盗手里把她救出来。

E.g. Though I cannot save her from shame, I may prevent the continuance of iniquity.

虽然我不能使她免于羞辱，可是我可以不让她的罪过再延续下去。

a big shock：很大的打击

E.g. The news was a big shock to me; it came absolutely out of the blue.

这个消息，对我是一个很大的打击，简直太突如其来了。

E.g. Her elopement was a big shock to the parents.

她的出走给双亲很大的打击。