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历史的真相和道理谁重要(什么是历史的真相)(1)

疫情之下的每一天

都像是在见证历史

而究竟什么是历史的真相

或许这句话能够带给我们思考

历史的真相和道理谁重要(什么是历史的真相)(2)

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History starts out as farce and ends up as tragedy.

历史以闹剧开头,以悲剧结束。

history/ˈhɪs.tər.i/

作名词

① 历史

History is always surprisingly the same.

历史总是惊人地相似。

② 过去的人或事

--What about Dan - are you still seeing him?

那么丹呢──你还在和他交往吗?

--Oh, he's history.

噢,他已经是过去式了。

③ 经历

Her family has a history of heart problems.

她的家族有心脏病

start out开始

We started out our business by selling computers.

我们靠卖电脑开始了我们的事业。

farce /fɑːs/

作名词

① 戏剧的种类:滑稽剧

When I was little, my mom always took me to see farces.

小时候,妈妈经常带我去看滑稽剧

② 生活场景:闹剧

No one had prepared anything so the meeting was a bit of a farce.

谁也没有作准备,因此这会议有点儿像一出闹剧

end up以……结束

She'll end up penniless if she continues to spend like that.

如果她继续这样挥霍,最后会一分不剩的。

tragedy /ˈtrædʒ.ə.di/

作名词

① 戏剧的种类:悲剧

Shakespeare's tragedies include "Hamlet", "King Lear", and "Othello".

莎士比亚的悲剧作品包括《哈姆雷特》、《李尔王》和《奥赛罗》。

② 生活的场景:悲剧

It's a tragedy that so many young people are unable to find jobs.

这么多的年轻人找不到工作,真是悲剧啊。

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