[2011.04.22] 理查德·威尔金森的插图

引用 migmig 2011-4-26 11:36

Richard Wilkinson 官方网站：http://www.richard-wilkinson.com/

简介：http://site.douban.com/widget/notes/164013/note/131767556/

引用 migmig 2011-4-26 21:59

In the 1980s, British police forces would dispatch their rawest recruit to carry out the task of delivering the knock at the door that turns out to be a blow to the heart.

求指导。。

引用 skittos 2011-4-27 02:46

本帖最后由 skittos 于 2011-4-27 03:06 编辑

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之前曾试图回复过，但ecocn时光停顿，指令不执行，连接不上，id退不出来。
这种情况现在越来越频繁。

The feature Wilkinson was illustrating, “Breaking bad news” by Sally Williams, showed how much better the world has become at something that was still done callously and thoughtlessly a generation ago. In the 1980s, British police forces would dispatch their rawest recruit to carry out the task of delivering the knock at the door that turns out to be a blow to the heart.

这段有个背景链接：http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/ideas/breaking-bad-news
你一看就清楚意思了。一新警察敲门去通告那家太太，她老公忽然发病，在车里去世了。文章说现在警察在通告逝者家属时不会再派没有经验的新手。还有医生等有关机构专人在通告时会尽可能照顾到家属心理情绪。

would 曾经
a blow to the heart 令人心碎的消息

引用 migmig 2011-4-27 07:20

skittos 发表于 2011-4-27 02:46
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之前曾试图回复过，但ecocn时光停顿，指令不执行，连接不上，id退不出来。

灰常感谢。

引用 fengzeroxue 2011-4-28 20:26

It wasn’t an easy brief for an illustrator.对于插图画家来说，（给自己的图画）做一个好的说明并不是很容易。

引用 fengzeroxue 2011-5-2 15:46

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"would"有一个意思“过去常常”used for talking about things that often happened in the past.
原文Jason Clauson was the newest recruit at the station, and therefore, by tradition, the one pushed into delivering the “death message”. 中提到by traditiong，译为总是比较好一点

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