VOA慢速英语听力训练素材：春天的希望

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VOA慢速英语，作为国际英语学习者的重要资源，通过清晰缓慢的发音与简洁的词汇，为初学者及中等水平学习者搭建了通往流利英语的桥梁。它不仅帮助提升听力理解能力，还丰富了词汇量，增强了语感，是学习地道英语表达不可或缺的工具，对全球英语学习者的语言提升至关重要。让我们一起进入今天的VOA慢速英语听力训练：春天的希望。

英文原文

Spring has come to many places around the world. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we celebrate the first day of spring on the vernal equinox. In 2022, Spring began on March 20, with new life starting to show in nature. It is easy to see why this season has meant hope and new beginnings to many people throughout history.

春天已经来到了世界上许多地方。在北半球，我们在春分日庆祝春天的第一天。2022年，春天始于3月20日，大自然中开始展现出新的生命。很容易看出，为什么这个季节在历史上对许多人来说意味着希望和新的开始。

As a verb, the word "spring" can mean to come forth with energy. For example, when you "spring" into action, you start a project or task with a lot of positive energy. Here is another way to use "spring" as a verb. If you "spring" news or information on someone, you tell them something without preparation. For example, the other day, a good friend told me she would be moving to a new city by the end of the week. I can't believe she "sprang" such important news on me.

作为动词，“spring”可以表示以充沛的精力行动起来。例如，当你“spring” into action时，你以大量的正能量开始一个项目或任务。这里还有另一种使用“spring”作为动词的方式。如果你向某人“spring”新闻或信息，你是毫无准备地告诉他们某事。例如，前几天，一个好朋友告诉我她将在本周末搬到一个新城市。我简直不敢相信她毫无预兆地告诉我这么重要的消息。

And that brings us to our expression for today's show: "Hope springs eternal." "Hope springs eternal" means that people can always find a reason to hope, even in the bleakest situations. Here, the word "bleak" means to not have much hope. "Eternal" means to last or exist forever, without end or beginning. So there is a dreamy quality to this expression. It is actually considered a proverb, a short, well-known saying containing a wise thought.

这让我们想到了今天节目的表达：“Hope springs eternal.”（希望永远存在。）“Hope springs eternal”意味着人们总能在最艰难的情况下找到希望的理由。在这里，“bleak”意味着没有多少希望。“Eternal”意味着永远持续或存在，没有尽头也没有开始。所以这个表达有一种梦幻般的特质。它实际上被视为一句谚语，一句简短而广为人知的包含智慧思想的谚语。

The wise thought here is that we human beings never stop hoping or believing that things will get better, even when common sense tells us that something will not happen, we still think it will. For example, a group of friends tried to start a business together. Their first three attempts failed, but that did not stop them from trying again. You know what they say, "Hope springs eternal."

这里的智慧思想是，我们人类永远不会停止希望或相信事情会变得更好，即使常识告诉我们某事不会发生，我们仍然认为它会。例如，一群朋友试图一起创业。他们的前三次尝试都失败了，但这并没有阻止他们再次尝试。你知道他们怎么说的，“希望永远存在。”

Here is another example. Even though a woman lost her job, her car, and her apartment all in one month, she still kept a positive attitude. She still had good health and good friends. She asked them for a little help, and then started to rebuild her life. For her, "hope springs eternal" is more than a proverb; it is her life's motto.

再举一个例子。尽管一位女性在一个月内失去了工作、汽车和公寓，但她仍然保持着积极的态度。她仍然拥有健康的身体和好朋友。她向他们寻求了一点帮助，然后开始重建自己的生活。对她来说，“希望永远存在”不仅仅是一句谚语；它是她的人生座右铭。

People who use or believe in this proverb are optimists. They optimistically believe in a brighter tomorrow. A pessimist, the opposite of an optimist, probably won't use "hope springs eternal" very often, if at all. Language experts say the proverb "hope springs eternal" comes from a shortened line from Alexander Pope's 1732 poem titled "An Essay on Man": "Hope Springs Eternal in Every Human Breast."

使用或相信这句谚语的人都是乐观主义者。他们乐观地相信会有一个更美好的明天。悲观主义者与乐观主义者相反，他们可能几乎不会或根本不会使用“希望永恒”这个词。语言专家说，谚语“希望永恒”来源于亚历山大·蒲柏1732年诗作《人论》中的一句缩短后的诗句：“人类的胸怀中希望永恒。”

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