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现任英国女王伊丽莎白二世的丈夫,即菲利普亲王,是原希腊王子,封爱丁堡公爵。
2017年,菲利普亲王才正式退休,四年后,也就是2021年,菲利普亲王去世,享年99岁。白金汉宫为他降半旗致哀。
如今,虽然菲利普亲王的去世已经过去一段时间了,但不可否认,“死亡”仍旧是我们每个人、或自己的身边人必经的过程。
今天我们就一起跟着外教Max老师 和 Summer老师来聊一聊“死亡和哀悼”这个话题,并学习有关的英语表达吧⬇️
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对照笔记一起学习,效果最好。
01.
哀悼
Mourn
To feel or express great sadness because of someone's death.
Queen Victoria mourned Prince Albert for 40 years.
维多利亚女王哀悼了阿尔伯特王子40年。
She was still mourning for her brother.
她仍在为哥哥哀悼。
02.
辞世
To depart this life - To die.
In loving memory of my dear husband, who departed this life on 5 May, 2008.
为了纪念我亲爱的丈夫,他于2008年5月5日离开人世。
Sadly, Prince Philip departed this life very recently.
不幸的是,菲利普亲王最近离开了人世。
03.
逃离
Flee
Run away because you are terrified of something, or because you are in great danger.
In order to escape capture, he fled to the mountains.
为了逃避追捕,他逃到了山里。
They had to flee from Greece for fear of their lives.
他们因担心生命安全,不得不逃离希腊。
04.
走私
To take things or people to or from a place secretly and often illegally.
She was caught trying to smuggle 30,000 cigarettes into the country.
她因试图向该国走私3万支香烟而被捕。
They managed to smuggle a video of the captive journalists out of the prison.
他们设法将一段被俘记者的视频偷偷带出监狱。
05.
加入国籍,使归化
Naturalise
To make someone a legal citizen of a country that they were not born in.
He is a naturalised US citizen.
他是美国公民。
She has lived in Australia for a long time, and recently she was naturalised.
她在澳大利亚生活了很长时间,最近她加入了澳大利亚国籍。
06.
俏皮话
(a) Quip
A humorous/witty and clever remark.
Prince Philip made a lot of quips in his life.
菲利普亲王一生中说了很多俏皮话。
He quipped about something he experienced today.
他调侃了自己今天经历的一件事。
07.
成为某人/某事的支柱
To be a pillar of/for/to someone/something
A very important member or part of a group, organization, system, etc. that supports those things.
Mrs. Maple is a pillar of the local church.
梅普尔夫人是当地教堂的支柱。
Prince Philip was a pillar for The Queen.
菲利普亲王是女王的支柱。
08.
捍卫者
Bastion
Something/someone that keeps or defends a belief or a way of life that is disappearing or threatened.
While the library was once a bastion of knowledge through reading, today many libraries spend the majority of their funds on electronic resources.
虽然图书馆曾经是通过阅读获取知识的堡垒,但今天许多图书馆将大部分资金用于电子资源。
Prince Philip was a bastion of British wildlife and exploration.
菲利普亲王是英国野生动物保护和探险的捍卫者。
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