學俚語記單詞:moment of truth

　　上禮拜，是我婆婆七十大壽。我專門給她烤了一個誕辰蛋糕。由於第一次做，內心一點譜都沒有，固然蛋糕看上去模樣還不錯，然則吃到嘴裏味道若何，就不曉得了。

　　這麽癥結時候在英語裏叫， moment of truth. Moment在中文裏是時候，truth在中文裏是本相。Moment of truth便是說終極得悉一件工作是不是會如願勝利的意思，特殊是指一件你投入了極大盡力的工作。

　　下面例子裏這個高中生，正用迫切的心境期待 the moment of truth. 讓咱們一路聽聽看。

　　例句-1：Algebra didn't come easy to me. But I knew I had to pass the class in order to graduate. Throughout the semester, I met my teacher after school for extra help and studied real hard for tests. My moment of truth came when my grades arrived. I got a B, which was good enough to earn my diploma!

　　這個門生說：代數對我來講很難，然則我曉得，要想卒業，代數測驗就必定得合格。全部一個學期，我下課後都要找先生補習，為預備測驗做出了很大的盡力。測驗成就發下來的癥結時候到了，成果我患了個 B，讓我順遂過關，拿到了卒業證書。

　　這就叫功夫不負故意人。

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　　咱們上面談到的幾個例子，癥結時候moment of truth來到的時刻，成果都是使人滿足的。然則下面這個例句裏的小夥子，卻碰了一鼻子灰。讓咱們一路聽聽他的遭受。

　　例句-2：I'd been going out with Kerry for months. We seemed to share similar interests and values. In my mind, she was the perfect woman for me. So I decided that the time had come to ask her if she'd marry me. It was the moment of truth; a day I'll never forget because she turned me down.

　　這小我說：我跟凱莉約會已好幾個月了。咱們好象有許多配合的喜好和代價觀。我認為，她是最合適我的女人。以是我決議，興起勇氣，向她求婚。這但是生死關頭。我永久也忘不了這一天，由於她謝絕了我。

　　Ouch! 太殘暴了。大概這個女孩子尚未做好安寧下來的預備。

　　Moment of truth這個習氣用語實際上是從西班牙語翻譯過來的。美國有名作家海明威在1932年出書的小說《午後之死》裏第一次用到了這個習氣用語。現在，你又多控制了一個習氣用語，可以把它用在口頭、寫作和電子郵件裏。只要多學多練，you're sure to sound like a native when your moment of truth arrives. 到了癥結時候，你的英語聽上去絕對隧道。