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第88章 歌德的容忍

Goethe was once strolling on a narrow path in a park in Weimar.

As luck would have it,he met a critic who was hostile to him.Both of them stopped,staring at each other.Then the critic said,“I'll never make way for a fool.”

“But I will.”after that Goethe retreated aside.

一天,歌德正在魏玛一个公园的一条狭窄小道上散步。碰巧他遇见一个对他怀有敌意的评论家。两人都停了下来,彼此相互对视。接着评论家说道:“我从来不给傻瓜让路。”

“可我给。”说完歌德退到了一边。

1.stroll

vi.(1)散步,漫步,溜达,闲荡:

例句:He strolled along the beach along.

他独自一人在海滩上闲荡。

to stroll in the garden after supper

晚饭后在后花园散步

(2)游荡,漫游,流浪:

例句:strolling Gypsies

四处流浪的吉普赛人

vt.在……散步(或闲逛),在……漫步:

例句:He likes strolling the countryside.

他喜欢在乡间漫步。

n.漫步,散步,闲荡,溜达

2.Weimar 魏玛(德国中部城市)

3.critic n.批评家,评论家;爱挑剔的人

E.g.A critic is a necessary evil,but criticism is an evil necessity.

批评家是必然的邪恶,而批评是邪恶的必然。

4.hostile

(1)怀有敌意的,敌对的;不友善的;反对的;不利的

(2)敌人的,敌方的

E.g.I monitored my displays for signs of hostile activity.

我监视显示器寻找敌对活动的迹象。

5.retreat n.撤退;休息寓所;撤退vi.撤退;退避;向后倾vt.使后退;退(棋)

E.g.The enemy was forced to retreat from the city.

敌人被迫撤出这个城市。

The invading troops began to retreat after suffering heavy casualties.

入侵的部队受重创后开始撤退。

As luck would have it 碰巧,真幸运

E.g.As luck would have it,he was caught by the teacher again.

不幸的是,他又一次被老师逮个正着。

But as luck would have it,they moved me to another cell right after that,so I never got a chance to use it.

但是我只是空有了这么一个机会,他们把我转到了另一个牢房以后,我就再没有机会用上它了。