⑪sadness/'sædnIs/n.悲哀;悲伤
drown one's sadness in alcohol 借酒消愁
⑫obvious/'ɒbvIəs/adj.明显的;显而易见的
⑬It was obvious that ...为固定句式,意为"很明显......",it是形式主语, that ...是真正的主语。
⑭wipe/waIp/vt.擦;揩;擦去
wipe ...off 把......从......上擦去
一个悲伤的爱情故事
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李方的心都碎了。这天是情人节,胡瑾说她下班后会在咖啡店和他见面的。可是她却不见人影。也许她这会儿正跟朋友在一起取笑他呢。她说她会在7点到达,他(李方)认为她会守信用的。他一整天都期盼着见到她,而现在他拿着玫瑰花和巧克力独自一人(守候着),像个傻瓜一样。唉,他不想屏息等她来道歉。他要用咖啡来解愁。
很明显,咖啡店里的经理在等李方离开--他擦好桌子,然后坐下来,打开电视机--这正合李方的意!正在播出的是中国的一个悲伤的爱情故事。
The granddaughter of the Goddess of Heaven⑮ visited the earth.Her name was Zhinü, the weaving⑯ girl.While she was on earth she met the herd⑰ boy Niulang and they fell in love⑱.("Just like me and Hu Jin," thought Li Fang.) They got married⑲ secretly, and they were very happy.("We could be like that," thought Li Fang.) When the Goddess of Heaven knew that her granddaughter was married to a human, she became very angry and made the weaving girl return to Heaven⑳.Niulang tried to follow her, but the river of stars, the Milky Way\s\up1(21(21), stopped him.Finding that Zhinü was heartbroken\s\up1(22(22), her grandmother finally decided to let the couple cross the Milky Way to meet once a year\s\up1(23(23).Magpies\s\up1(24(24) make a bridge of their wings\s\up1(25(25) so the couple can cross the river to meet on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.People in China hope that the weather will be fine on that day, because if it is raining, it means that Zhinü is weeping\s\up1(26(26) and the couple won't be able to meet.,⑮the Goddess of Heaven 王母娘娘
⑯weave/wiːv/vt.&vi.(wove/wəʊv/, woven/'wəʊvn/)编织;(使)迂回前进
⑰herd/hɜːd/n.牧群;兽群
⑱fall in love (with sb.)(与某人)相爱;爱上(某人)