习语：

act of God

讲解：该习语意思为：天灾，不可抗力。天意此语也可写作an act of God. 由an act of 构成的短语还有an act of faith 指“显示信心的行动”;an act of grace 指“恩典，大赦”。

支持范例：

Large numbers of peasants died by the act of God.

大批农民死于天灾。

The destruction of the village must have is an act of god.

那座村庄的毁灭一定是天灾造成的。

It was an act of God:the river broke its banks and they were flooded out.

真是天灾：江河冲毁堤坝，人们背井离乡。

迷你对话：

A:Every year,the South has the floods. It is an act of God.

南方每年都发洪水，这是天灾。

B:Do you really think so?

你真的这么认为吗?

A:Yeah, you have some other ideas?

是呀，你有不同意见吗?

B:Ithink, in some way it is an act of God, but in another way,it just is caused by us.

我觉得一方面是天灾，一方面是人祸。

A:For example?

怎么说?

B:We didn't pay attention to the environment,cut down trees and polluted the air.

我们不重视保护环境，乱砍树木，污染大气。

A:Oh, I see. Fortunately government has taken some action to prevent such things.

哦，我明白了。幸好政府已经采取措施加以控制了。

词海拾贝：

in some way：在某种意义上

He is a clever man in some way.

在某种意义上讲,他是个聪明人。

I know you'll do me good in some way,

从某一方面来说，我知道在你对我的帮助会很大，

in another way：另一方面

To put it in another way: he is very shrewd.

换句话说，他这个人很精明。

That's one way of looking at it, but couldn't we consider it in another way?

这是一种看问题的方法，但是我们是不是能从另外一个角度看问题呢?

pay attention to：注意

cut down：砍到

take action：采取行动

has the floods：发洪水

have some other ideas：有别的想法，有别的意见