聽(tīng)基礎(chǔ)單詞,練聽(tīng)力第1期:讓人心驚的"Accident"

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【今日基礎(chǔ)詞】Accident

【Transcript】

A: I’m so sorry I failed to take part in the match yesterday, but I wasn’t able to, I’m afraid.

B: Well, don’t you think it’s a bit late to be sorry now?

A:I know that, but there was very little I could do about it.

B: It’s all very well saying that there was very little you could do about it, but because of you we lost the game!

A: Yes, I heard, and I am sorry, but there was an accident on the way and I got stuck in the traffic.

B: But why the hell didn’t you phone us to let us know

Translation】

A：很抱歉我沒(méi)有參加昨天的比賽，但是恐怕我當(dāng)時(shí)沒(méi)法參加。

B ：哦，難道你不認(rèn)為現(xiàn)在道歉有點(diǎn)晚了嗎?

A：我知道，但是我當(dāng)時(shí)真是無(wú)能為力。

B：說(shuō)起來(lái)好聽(tīng)，你當(dāng)時(shí)無(wú)能為力，但是就因?yàn)槟阄覀冚數(shù)袅吮荣悺?/p>

A：是的，我聽(tīng)說(shuō)了，我很抱歉。但是當(dāng)時(shí)在路上碰上了一樁交通事故，我陷入交通堵塞了。

B：但是你為什么不打電話告訴我們呢?

【Accident】

1)an unpleasant event, especially in a vehicle, that happens unexpectedly and causes injury or damage (可數(shù)名詞);(交通)事故;意外遭遇;不測(cè)事件

例：He was killed in an accident. 他死于一次車(chē)禍。

One in seven accidents is caused by sleepy drivers. 每七次交通事故就有一次是駕車(chē)者困倦造成的。

2)something that happens unexpectedly and is not planned in advance (可數(shù)或不可數(shù)名詞)意外;偶然的事

例：Their early arrival was just an accident. 他們?cè)绲絻H僅是偶然而已。

It is no accident that men fill most of the top jobs in nursing. 男人擔(dān)任護(hù)理中大多數(shù)最重要的工作絕非偶然。

【拓展】by accident ： it happens completely by chance 偶然，意外的

如： We met by accident at the airport.

我們?cè)跈C(jī)場(chǎng)不期而遇