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欢迎来到《一分钟英语》栏目,现在我在家里面给你讲述
The world is very big. Or is it?
世界很大。是吗?
Something so strange happened to me.
一件很奇怪的事情发生在我身上。
A woman moved in right across the hall from me.
一个女人从我对面搬进来。
Doesn't seem too strange. It's an apartment building.
似乎并不奇怪。那是一栋公寓大楼。
No, we went to college together years ago in China.
奇怪的是我们几年前一起在中国上的大学。
Okay, that is strange. It's a small world, Anna.
好吧,这很奇怪。这也太巧了吧,安娜。
Right? Small world.
是吗?太巧了吧。
The phrase "It's a small world" is used to express surprise at how connected people are.
“It's a small world”这个习语是用来表示对人与人之间的联系感到惊讶。
You can say this when you run into someone you knew a long time ago in a completely unexpected place.
当你在一个完全意想不到的地方遇到一个你认识很久的人时,你就可以这样说。
And that's English in a Minute.
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