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JuJu

希望大家下次对于其它英语的疑难问题也用同样的热情热心解答。

floraz

Juju这段选得好！
引起热烈讨论~

JuJu

She was mean, she didn't take care of us, but I don't feel bitter. God says you need to love each other, I love her in God's way, but not in my heart.

一个小孩这样描述抛弃她的生母, 英文相当浅显, 但是也有让我感动的地方, religion 还是有点好处的.

floraz

原帖由 JuJu 于 2011-4-12 07:23 发表
She was mean, she didn't take care of us, but I don't feel bitter. God says you need to love each other, I love her in God's way, but not in my heart.

一个小孩这样描述抛弃她的生母, 英文相当浅显, 但是 ...

I love her in God's way, but not in my heart
有些难过

洋八路

13.  I sweat blood over that message.    by ???? [????????]

Holly2010

Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new little habitats, to have new little hopes. It is rather hard work: there is now no smooth road into the future: but we go round, or scramble over the obstacles. We’ve got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen.       From <Lady Chatterley’s Lover> by D. H. Lawrence

语言不复杂，但深有含义，写出了第一次世界大战后人们的心态。。。

JuJu

原帖由 floraz 于 2011-4-12 08:55 发表

I love her in God's way, but not in my heart
有些难过

同感, 读那文章时我在猜想如果这是一个中国小朋友, 被问同样的问题会怎么回答呢? 不管怎么样我觉得不会是一样的, 有时侯这样的文化差别让我觉得有意思.

floraz

原帖由 Holly2010 于 2011-4-12 10:51 发表
Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new little habitats, to have new little hopes. It is rath ...

字里行间透着坚定的信念
喜欢这句：We’ve got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen

[ 本帖最后由 floraz 于 2011-4-12 12:20 编辑 ]

floraz

我一直奇怪，为什么sky是可数名词呢？plural form 是skies

bulaohu

原帖由 floraz 于 2011-4-12 12:21 发表
我一直奇怪，为什么sky是可数名词呢？plural form 是skies

Because the English language does not make sense, and does not want/have to

http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic26102.html

floraz

原帖由 bulaohu 于 2011-4-12 12:38 发表


Because the English language does not make sense, and does not want/have to

http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic26102.html

“As a rule of thumb, you would use "sky" in ordinary contexts, and "skies" where you wanted to be a little more flowery, poetic, literary, portentous, decorative, etc” 这么随意

“clouds“ doesn't make sense to me either......

Grange

很难吗？

cloud： 一片云
clouds：多片云

洋八路

原帖由 floraz 于 2011-4-12 12:47 发表

“As a rule of thumb, you would use "sky" in ordinary contexts, and "skies" where you wanted to be a little more flowery, poetic, literary, portentous, decorative, etc” 这么随意

“clouds“ doesn' ...

我觉得，skies （黑的，红的，白的，不同的天空）, and clouds （大的，小的，鬼怪的，牛羊的，灰色的）， 感觉很有想象力。随意有什么不好么？

bulaohu

原帖由 floraz 于 2011-4-12 12:47 发表

“As a rule of thumb, you would use "sky" in ordinary contexts, and "skies" where you wanted to be a little more flowery, poetic, literary, portentous, decorative, etc” 这么随意

“clouds“ doesn' ...

是啊，这个用法的确很随意。我个人的感性理解是sky是用来指一个individual能看到的天空，所以当天气预报谈到整个悉尼的天气的时候就经常用“clear skies all over Sydney”这种方式；而当从个人角�