迷你对话学地道口语第30期:天意

　　[00:00:13] Every year, the South has the floods.
南方每年都发洪水，
[00:03:07] It is an act of God.
这是天灾。
[00:04:19] Do you really think so?
你真的这么认为吗？
[00:06:32] Yeah, you have some other ideas?
是呀，你有不同意见吗？
[00:10:37] I think, in some way it is an act of God, but in another way, it just is caused by us.
我觉得一方面是天灾，一方面是人祸。
[00:21:11] For example?
怎么说？
[00:22:57] We did not pay attention to the environment, cut down trees and polluted the air.
我们不重视保护环境，乱砍树木，污染大气。
[00:30:21]Oh, I see. Fortunately government has taken some action to prevent such things.
哦，我明白了。幸好政府已经采取措施加以控制了。
习语：
act of God
讲解：该习语意思为：天灾，不可抗力。天意此语也可写作an act of God. 由an act of 构成的短语还有an act of faith 指“显示信心的行动”；an act of grace¹ 指“恩典，大赦”。
支持范例：
Large numbers of peasants died by the act of God.
大批农民死于天灾。
The destruction² of the village must have is an act of god.
那座村庄的毁灭一定是天灾造成的。
It was an act of God:the river broke its banks and they were flooded out.
真是天灾：江河冲毁堤坝，人们背井离乡。
迷你对话：
A:Every year,the South has the floods. It is an act of God.
南方每年都发洪水，这是天灾。
B:Do you really think so?
你真的这么认为吗？
A:Yeah, you have some other ideas?
是呀，你有不同意见吗？
B:Ithink, in some way it is an act of God, but in another way,it just is caused by us.
我觉得一方面是天灾，一方面是人祸。
A:For example?
怎么说？
B:We didn't pay attention to the environment,cut down trees and polluted the air.
我们不重视保护环境，乱砍树木，污染大气。
A:Oh, I see. Fortunately government has taken some action to prevent such things.
哦，我明白了。幸好政府已经采取措施加以控制了。
词海拾贝：
in some way：在某种意义上
He is a clever man in some way.
在某种意义上讲,他是个聪明人。
I know you'll do me good in some way,
从某一方面来说，我知道在你对我的帮助会很大，
in another way：另一方面
To put it in another way: he is very shrewd³.
换句话说，他这个人很精明。
That's one way of looking at it, but couldn't we consider it in another way?
这是一种看问题的方法，但是我们是不是能从另外一个角度看问题呢?
pay attention to：注意
cut down：砍到
take action：采取行动
has the floods：发洪水
have some other ideas：有别的想法，有别的意见

1 grace   

n.优雅，雅致，魅力，恩惠，慈悲

参考例句：

• She is a beautiful girl with the grace and poise.她是一位仪态优雅的佳丽。
• I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。

2 destruction   

n.破坏，毁灭，消灭

参考例句：

• The enemy bombs caused widespread destruction.敌人的炸弹造成大面积的破坏。
• Overconfidence was his destruction.自负是他垮台的原因。

3 shrewd   

adj.机灵的，敏锐的，精明的

参考例句：

• His answer to the journalist is a shrewd one.他回答记者的问题是很机敏的。
• He's too shrewd to be trusted in business matters.他太狡猾，生意上不宜信任。