青岛王爱国:从一个常用英语单词?看中美思维的差异
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从一个常用英语单词看中美思维的差异
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咱就拿一个从表面上看很简单的英语单词:Ironic 来说吧。
Life is full of ironies.
It’s ironic that it takes a nuclear disaster for humans to realize the need for nuclear
safeguard.
It was so ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so utterly。
Irony 这个词字究竟是何许东西呢?
“I'm aware of the irony of appearing on TV in order to decry it.”
(取自著名卡通电视节目 The Simpsons。注:decry = 评击。)
"It is a fitting irony that under Richard Nixon, launder became a dirty word."
- 美国作家和著名记者William Zinsser
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room."
- 笑星Peter Sellers 在影片 Dr. Strangelove《奇爱博士》里说的一句话
How ironic that in an age of instant communication there is less mutual
understanding amongst people.
It's such an irony that, for a professor of language, his explanation is as clear as mud.