【今日一句】
I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.
—David Copperfield, Novelist, Charles Dickens
我希望真正的爱和真理，最终比世界上任何邪恶或不幸更强大。
——《大卫·科波菲尔》查尔斯·狄更斯，小说家
Misfortune might be a blessing in disguise. 塞翁失马，焉知非福
【今日一学】
·词汇
evil n. 邪恶
good and evil 善与恶
a necessary evil 虽然不受欢迎但却是必要的事物或行为
He regarded work as a necessary evil.
他把工作看成是迫不得已的事情。
devil n.魔gui，恶 魔
be possessed by devils 被鬼附身了
speak of the devil 说曹操，曹操到
We were talking about him when he came in. Speak of the devil.
我们正在说着他时他来了，说曹操曹操到。
the lesser of two evils / the lesser evil 两害相权取其轻
lesser adj. 较少的，次要的
People voted for him as the lesser of two evils.
人们投票支持他只不过是两害相权取其轻罢了。
between the devil and the deep blue sea
=between a rock and a hard place
=between Scylla and Charybdis 左右为难
He was clearly between the devil and the deep blue sea.
他显然进退维谷。
misfortune n. 不幸
Misfortune might be a blessing in disguise.
塞翁失马，焉知非福。
Misfortunes never come alone.
祸不单行。
When it rains, it pours. / It never rains but it pours.
屋漏偏逢连夜雨。
·拓展
It may be hard to understand why any of us are still at the hospital. The answer is hope.
也许很难理解为什么我们还在医院。答案是希望。
There's a resilience and tenacity at the heart of the human experience that’s stronger than any horrors men can inflict on one another.
人类经验的核心是一种韧性和顽强的精神，它比人类能对彼此施加的任何恐怖都要强大。;
speak of the devil 说曹操，曹操到;
David Copperfield 《大卫·科波菲尔》;
Charles Dickens 查尔斯·狄更斯;
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