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2012 年 06 月 22 日 (No.568)
 
 
 
    說明：
    be/get carried away 常用來形容一個人非常投入、熱衷某事物，好像整個人的神智、心思被帶走似的，而「不能自己」。
     
    示範句：
 
The audience got carried away by the singer's songs.
    這位歌手的歌聲讓聽眾渾然忘我。
     
 
I'm sorry I couldn't stop talking; I guess I got carried away.
    很抱歉我一直講不停，我猜我是講到渾然忘我。
     
   
get carried away 亦可指「做得太過火」（通常指衝動行事，往往做得太過而不自知）。
   
Tommy got carried away with his pranks.
      湯米的玩笑開得太過分了。
     
 
    說明：
    get/be even with + sb 是用來表示「向某人報復；以其人之道還治其人之身」 的意思。
     
    示範句：
 
You may want to get even with a person who hurts you, but that's not always the
    best idea.
    你可能會想要報復傷害你的人，但那不一定是最好的主意。
     
   
get revenge on 「報復」
   
Felix tried to think of a way to get revenge on his ex.
      菲利克斯試圖想出一個報復他前女友的辦法。
       
 
     
   
   
 
使用情境
blush
 ●（ 因感到不好意思或害羞而）臉紅
flush
 ●（ 因情緒激動、運動或生病而）臉色發紅
● 沖（馬桶）
     
    示範句：
   

blush
 

That cute boy always makes me blush when he looks at me.
   

那個可愛的男孩看著我時總是讓我臉紅。
     
 

Do you blush when you are embarrassed?
   

你覺得不好意思時會臉紅嗎？
     
 
I blush whenever I make a mistake.
    我出錯的時候總會臉紅。
     
    flush
 
John flushed with anger when he saw Bill with his girlfriend.
    約翰看到比爾跟他女友在一起時氣到臉色發紅。
     
  My teacher's face flushed when he caught me cheating on my test.
    我的老師逮到我考試作弊時，氣紅了臉。
     
 
Rachel's husband often forgets to flush the toilet.
    瑞秋的老公常忘記沖馬桶。
     
 
     
  Little Women (3)  
  小婦人 (3)  
     
  As Beth's condition declined, Jo became her nurse. In letters to their parents, the illness was not mentioned. The girls didn't want to distress their mother and father.  
  Amy reluctantly took over Jo's duties as a companion to Aunt March. She was convinced that she would hate the work, but in the end it served her well. She learned how to care for someone other than herself, and the job helped her mature into a young woman.
  
  After some time, it became apparent that Mrs. March would have to be called for. Beth had scarlet fever, and would possibly not recover. Jo took the sorrowful news quite hard, as she was closest to her quiet sister. "Beth is my conscience, and I can't give her up," she cried.  
  Meg and Jo prayed that God would save their sister, and eventually their prayers were answered. On the eve of their mother's return, Beth's fever broke.  
  The following year brought the end of the war, and Mr. March returned home to his beloved girls. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy had grown closer through their ordeal, and each of them had matured in her own way. With promising futures clearly in sight, they were little women no longer.  
     
  當貝絲病情惡化時，喬便成了她的看護。但在寫給雙親的信中對於生病一事卻隻字未提。女孩們不想讓父母親憂心。  
     
  艾美不情願地接手喬陪伴馬爾契嬸嬸的工作。她過去一直深信她會討厭這樣的工作，但結果卻讓她獲益良多。艾美學會如何照顧自己以外的人，並有助於使她長成為一位年輕的婦女。  
     
  過了一段時間，馬爾契太太顯然不得不被召回了。貝絲得了猩紅熱，有可能無法康復了。這個令人傷心的消息讓喬大受打擊，因為她和這個不多話的妹妹一直是最親近的。「貝絲像是我的良心，我不能放棄她啊！」她哭著說道。  
     
  梅格和喬祈禱上帝能救救她們的妹妹，而她們的祈禱終於得到了回應。在她們母親返家的那天晚上，貝絲的高燒退了。  
     
  隔年戰事終於結束，馬爾契先生回到她親愛的女兒們身邊。梅格、喬、貝絲和艾美在歷經磨難後變得更加親密，每個人都各自有所成長。光明的未來指日可待，而她們也不再是小小婦人了。  
     
   
 
 
 
decline
v.
 惡化；衰退
 
 
distress
v.
 使苦惱；使憂傷
 
 
reluctantly
adv.
 不情願地；勉強地
 
 
convince

v.

 信服；說服
     
scarlet fever
n.
猩紅熱
     
sorrowful
adj.
 令人傷心的；悲傷的
     
conscience
n.
 良心
     
beloved
adj.
 心愛的；親愛的
 
 
ordeal
n.
 嚴峻考驗；折磨
 
 
promising
adj.
 有希望的；有前途的
     
 
     
   
 
 

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