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昨天我們回顧約伯的受苦經歷學習了
By the skin of one's teeth
(點擊回聽）
今天我們學習
Fall from grace
有志提高英文的小夥伴們
千萬不要錯過 收 聽 節 目
Definition: To get on the wrong side of society or to get in trouble with someone who is your superior
Etymology: This expression originally alluded to losing the favor of God. Today it is also used more figuratively.
該詞源於《聖經》
最初形容亞當和夏娃
因為沒有禁住誘惑偷食禁果
被上帝逐出伊甸園
Michelangelo, Fall from Grace
不過，該習語的真正出處來自新約
」You have been severed from Christ,
you who are seeking to be justified by law;
you have fallen from grace. "
(Galations 5:4)
現在，人們用 fall from grace
表示失寵；墮落；誤入歧途
The accountant fell from grace after receiving a bribe and cooking the books.
會計因收受賄賂和修改帳目而墮落。
So many officials fell from grace due to lack of the will power to resist temptation.The professor fell from grace after the plagiarism scandal was exposed to the public.
教授因剽竊醜聞曝光而墮落。
Robert Downey Jr's fall from grace in the 1990s was due to taking drugs.
音樂劇《悲慘世界》中
沙威是一位盡忠職守的警察
冉阿讓是曾入獄19年的假釋犯
後在主教幫助下洗心革面
他隱姓埋名、誠實生活、重獲尊嚴
然而在沙威眼中
他只看到冉阿讓觸犯法律的一面
勝於其洗心革面待人有恩的一面
沙威對冉阿讓的追捕沒有停止過
一首Stars唱出巡警的心聲
There, out of the darkness
A fugitive running
Fallen from God
Fallen from grace
God be my witness
I never shall yield
Till we come face to face
沙威和冉阿讓的關係
在法律和恩典之間呈現兩元對立
對Fall from grace做了很好的詮釋
在今天的節目音頻最後
小編特意加進由Russell Crowe演繹的Stars
與大家重溫經典
There, out of the darkness
在那黑暗之中
A fugitive running
有個罪犯正在逃亡
Fallen from God
忤逆上帝
Fallen from grace
忤逆聖恩
God be my witness
上帝是我的證人
I never shall yield
我從不放棄追捕
Till we come face to face
直到我們再次見面
Till we come face to face
直到我們再次見面
He knows his way in the dark
他知道在黑暗中如何前行
Mine is the way of the Lord
我則會遵循主的指引前進
And those who follow the path of the righteous
而那些邁向正直之路的人們啊!
Shall have their reward
應該得到善報
And if they fall as Lucifer fell
若人們如路西法一樣墮落了
The flame the sword!
就等著受烈火與聖劍制裁吧!
Stars, in your multitudes
夜空中的繁星
Scarce to be counted
數也數不盡
Filling the darkness
填滿了整片黑暗
With order and light
以秩序與光明
You are the sentinels
你們是黑夜中的哨兵
Silent and sure
寂靜又可靠地
Keeping watch in the night
持續守護著黑夜
Keeping watch in the night
持續守護著黑夜
You know your place in the sky
你們明白自己存在的意義
You hold your course and your aim
堅定自己的方向和目標
And each in your season
並在每個季節中
Returns and returns
反反覆覆地運行
And is always the same
永遠遵循規律
And if you fall as Lucifer fell
若你們如路西法一樣墮落了
You fall in flame!
墜入烈火之中吧!
And so it must be for so it is written
所以必須按照上帝制訂的規則
On the doorway to paradise
在天堂之門前面
That those who falter and those who fall
那些畏懼和沉淪的人們啊!
Must pay the price!
必須付出代價!
Lord let me find him
主啊!讓我找到他
That I may see him
這樣我就會親眼看見
Safe behind bars
罪人安分守己地待在牢籠內
I will never rest
我永不安心
Till then
直到那一天的到來
This I swear
我向您發誓
This I swear by the stars!
在繁星見證下我隆重向您發誓!
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