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王邁邁幽默四級詞匯幫你記憶單詞（3）
An Example of Tragedy 一個災(zāi)難的例子???
Bill Clinton is visiting an urban school. In one class, he asks the students if anyone can give him an example of a “tragedy”. One little boy stands up and offers his viewpoint, “If my best friend who lives next door was playing in the street when a van came along and killed him, that would be a tragedy.” “No,” Clinton utters, “That would be a violent ACCIDENT.” A girl raises her hand, “If a school bus carrying fifty children drove off a cliff, killing everyone involved... that would be a tragedy.” “I’m afraid not,” explains Clinton, “That is what we would call a tremendous LOSS.” The room is tense and silent; none of the other children volunteers. “What?” asks Clinton, “Isn’t there any one here who can give me an example of a tragedy?”he urges. Finally, a boy in the back raises his hand and stands upright. In an uneasy yet sincere voice, he says, “If an airplane carrying Bill & Hillary Clinton were blown up by a bomb, that would be a tragedy.” “Wonderful!” Clinton beams. “Marvelous! And can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?” “Well,” says the boy, “because it wouldn’t be an accident, and it certainly would be no tremendous loss!”?
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比爾·克林頓正在某城市的一所學(xué)校視察。在一個班里，他問學(xué)生能否給他舉個“災(zāi)難”的例子。一個小男孩站起來自告奮勇發(fā)表觀點，“如果住在隔壁的我最好的朋友在街上玩，突然有輛貨車開過來把他撞死了，我覺得這就是災(zāi)難�！薄安唬笨肆诸D說，“這是嚴(yán)重的意外事故�！币粋�小女孩舉手說，“如果載著50個孩子的校車翻到懸崖下，車?yán)锏拿總�人都遇難了…。這就是災(zāi)難�！薄拔艺J(rèn)為這恐怕不是，”克林頓說，“這是我們通常說的巨大損失�！苯淌依餁夥站o張，一片寂靜，再也沒有其他的孩子主動起來舉例了。“怎么了？”克林頓問道，“難道這兒沒人能給我舉個有關(guān)災(zāi)難的例子嗎？”終于，坐在后面的一個男孩舉起手，站得筆直，用拘束不安卻真誠的聲音說，“如果比爾·克林頓和希拉里·克林頓乘坐的飛機被炸彈擊中，這就是災(zāi)難�！薄胺浅Ｕ_！”克林頓微笑著說，“很好！你能告訴我為什么這就是災(zāi)難呢？”“好的，”男孩說，“因為這既不是意外事故，當(dāng)然也不是什么巨大損失！”
四級詞匯
1.tragedy ?n.? ① 慘事，災(zāi)難 ② 悲劇(藝術(shù))
2.urban ?a.?城市的,市內(nèi)的
3.viewpoint ?n.?
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