Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrival's gate at Heathrow airport.General opinion start to make out that we live in a world of hatred1 and greed. But I don't see that, seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified2 or newsworthy, but it's always there, fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriend, girlfriend, old friends. When the plane hit the Twin Tower, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from people on board were messages of hate or revenge. They are all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling love actually is all around.
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1. Get gloomy with sth.
Gloomy 这个词应该算得上是个常用词语了,由于每当心情不好的时候,大家就会用得到,譬如:What's going on? You look gloomy today. 当然大家也可以说 sth is gloomy,打个比方, Our future is gloomy. 指的就是前途暗淡!而短语 get gloomy with sth 指的是对某种东西感到焦虑,甚至有时是到了忧郁的地步。原文当中的这句话 I get gloomy with the state of the world. 指的就是对世界的近况感到焦虑!
2. It's not particularly dignified or newsworthy
假如要完全理解这句话,大家第一要看一下dignified 这个词,一般情况下,在大家的意识里dignified 这个词指的是有尊严的,高贵的。但在这里意思就完全不同了,它指的是使夸大。下一个词 newsworthy 的意思是具备新闻报道价值的。那样把整个一句话连起来的意思就是这种爱没被特意夸大或者有新闻价值!
3. It's always there
它一直都在那儿! 看上去简单的一句话,却极少有人能在适合的时候用好。大家先设定一个场景:有的人在遇见困境的时候一直会选择逃避,虽然大伙心里都了解躲是躲不了的,其实大家还有另外一条路可以走,那就是战胜困难,一直向前。由于 The difficulties are always there, and the only choice we've got is to face it and conquer it.
4. On board
非常简单的短语,在飞机上!