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失去的不再来
http://www.sina.com.cn 2003/05/14 10:19  世博英语

  几年前母亲就去世(pass away)了,每当看到别人一家团聚时,对她的怀念就越来越深,是的,母亲辛辛苦苦养育了我们三姊妹,还没有来得及享享清福呢!失去的才知道珍惜,很后悔她老人家在世时自己尽孝不够啊!

  We have been missing my mother deeply since she had passed away.

  (译文:自从母亲过世后我们一直深深的怀念着她。)

  片语pass away意思就是指“去世,逝世”。Pass本来有“过去,经过,传递”的意思,away有“离开”的意思,所以pass away就表示“过世,去世”了。不过这个片语常用在某人去世时,是可以预见的,比如重病住院许久不治而逝世等。看看英文老师的解释。

  If someone has passed away, then they have died. To say passed away is more polite than to say died. In addition, to pass away also has the sense that their death was a process. For example, they died of old age or had been ill for a long time, and so their death was not sudden or unexpected. Therefore, we do not say my friend passed away in a car accident last night. When you mean he died in a car and never made it to the hospital, in this situation, we would say he died in a car accident last night. However, we can say my friend was in a serious car accident last night, he passed away this morning in the hospital.

  很清楚吧,再看一个例子:

  My grandpa had passed away before I was born. So I don't know what he looked like.

  (译文:爷爷在我出生前就去世了,所以我不知道他长的什么样。)

  思念故人伤感,可面对迷茫的未来,自己何尝又不伤感呢?谁知道什么样的生活在等待着自己呢?自从毕业参加工作以来,饿不了也饱不了,生活几乎失去了激情。

  I graduated from university five years ago. Up to now I'm still not sure what life has in store for me.

  (译文:五年前我就大学毕业了,直到现在我仍不知道什么样的生活在等待着我。)

  这里,片语in store for someone/something意思是等待着某人或某事物的意思。Store有贮存、储备的意思,备用起来为了某人或某事,就包含等待着某人或某事的意思了。如:

  There's a pleasant surprise in store for you.

  (译文:这有一件令人愉快的事在等着(或要告诉)你。)

  结束语:母亲去世(passed away)后,弟弟因没有考上大学就报名参了军,临走时,我们哥俩彻夜长谈,他说他真的不知道参军后会怎么样,也不知道退伍后会有什么样的生活在等待着他(in store for him).我鼓励他说弟条条道路通罗马只要努力,只要精彩的活着比什么都好。现在快退伍了,也不知道他还好吗?

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