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VOA慢速[词汇典故]让我们聚在一起?

Isitfatethatbringsustogethertoday?

No,notfate.ItissimplytimeforWordsandTheirStories.

Ormaybeitisfate.Maybejustthismorningyousaidtosomeone,“You

know,IreallywishVOALearningEnglishwoulddoashowontheword

‘fate.’”Andhereweare.Now,thatwouldbefate.

Fateisawordthatcanbehardtounderstand.Fate,todescribeitsimply,

meansthatsomethingismeanttobe.

Fateisawordthathasweight.Ithaspower.Whenwesaysealedone’s

fatewemeanahasdonesomethingthathasguaranteedacertain

endresult--usuallyabadone.Sometimestheresultisevenafateworse

thandeath,suchasinthisexample:

A:Hetotallydestroyedhisbusinessandnowhe’sgoingtojail.Andfor

him,prisonisafateworsethandeath.

B:Well,ifhewouldratherdiethangotoprison,heshouldnothavestolen

thatmoneyfromhisinvestors.Whenhedidthat,hesealedhisownfate.

TheMerriam-Websterdictionarysaysfateisa“powerthatisbelieved

tocontrolwhathappensinthefuture.”Infact,fateissopowerfulthat

peoplearewarnednottotemptfate.

Totemptfatemeanstodosomethingthatinvolvesarisk.Or,itmeans

tobetoosureaboutsomething.Thatextremeconfidencemaycause

somethingunpleasanttohappen.

Hereisatruestory.WhileonvacationinThailandImetawomanwho

temptedfatebyswimmingaroundarockycoastlineatnight.Wewarnedher

thatshewouldnotmakeit.Andshedidn’t.Shefloatedintheoceanall

night.Afishingboatrescuedherthenextmorning.Shewaslucky.Her

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VOA慢速[抄字典故]让我们聚在一起？

是让我们走到了今天吗？

不，不是。现在正是单词及其故事的时间。

或许这就是。也许就在今天早上，你对说：“，的希望

英语频道能做一个关于‘’这个词的。”我们就到了。现在，这就是。

，是一个很难理解的词。缘分，简单来说，就是命中注定。