Ironically, we never truly appreciated the experience for which we are nostalgic, because we were too busy clinging to our hopes and fears at the time.

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言之有物:

1. 词汇：ironically adv.

irony /?a??r?ni $ ?a?r?-/ n. 有讽刺意味的情况

ironic/ironical adj. 出乎意料的；令人啼笑皆非的

ironically adv. 具有讽刺意味的是；讽刺地

Ironically, the book she felt was her worst sold more copies than any of her others.

具有讽刺意味的是，那本书她觉得最糟糕，却比她的其他任何一本书卖得都好。

2. 词链儿：be nostalgic for XX 留恋XX

nostalgic adj.留恋过去的，怀旧的

Many people were nostalgic for the good old days.

很多人都很留恋过去的好时光。

Nah. I was just nostalgic for my residency.

不是，我只是缅怀一下我的实习期。

图片源自《急诊室的故事》

Books to read when you're feeling nostalgic for the past.

拓展词汇：nostalgia n.

对过去美好时光的留恋，恋旧；怀旧

nostalgia for the good old days

对美好过去的留恋

回顾【Nostalgia is denial. Denial of the painful present.】

3. 词链儿：be busy doing XX

忙于做XX

近义表达：

get busy doing XX

be engaged in XX

be in the middle of XX

I'm busy studying for my exams.

我正忙着准备考试。

回顾【be busy doing XX】

Get busy living... or get busy dying.

要么忙着活，要么忙着死。

图片源自《肖申克的救赎》

4. 词链儿：cling to/on to XX

① 抓紧；紧握

She clung (on) to her baby.

她紧紧抱住她的婴儿。

② 坚持XX，墨守XX (观念或行为方式）

cling to the hope/belief/idea (that) ...

They're clinging to the past.

他们对过去念念不忘。

★原声例句：The children cling to their father for more pocket money.

孩子们黏着爸爸，要他再给零花钱。

★原声例句：It was the only chance, the only slender hope left to them, and he was going to cling to it until forced to let go.

这是唯一的机会，他们唯一的微弱希望，他要牢牢的抓住它直到不得不松手。

回顾【You only lose what you cling to.——Aristotle】

Or do you want to stare at the board your full three minutes, cling to hope?

还是要盯着棋盘发呆整整...三分钟? 永不言弃?

图片源自《豪斯医生 》

What do you see here?

Someone clinging to memories.

你能看出什么？

有人沉浸在回忆里。

图片源自《犯罪心理》

Well, that is a hope I shall cling to.

我要坚信这是真的。

拓展词汇：clinging adj. 紧身的；贴身的；依赖性强的

clinging black garments

黑色紧身衣

a clinging child

缠人的孩子

活学活用：

请用 cling (on) to ... 随意造句：

梁朝伟，1962年6月27日出生于中国香港，祖籍广东省台山市，华语影视男演员、歌手，国家一级演员。代表作品有《花样年华》、《无间道》、《重庆森林》、《悲情城市》、《英雄》、《赤壁》、《一代宗师》等等。

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