迷你對話學地道口語第1874期:渺茫的希望
第一，情景對話
A: I have read a book. But I just remember several sentences. I wonder where they are from.
我曾讀過一本書，可現在只記得幾個句子了，我想知道它們是哪本書上的。
B: Tell me one sentence, maybe, I can help you.
給我說一句，我興許記得。
A: OK, one is "His grandfather was a trooper in Monk's army, and one of the parties of dismounted dragons, which formed the forlorn hope at the storming of Dundee in 1651."
好吧，有一句是“他祖父是曼克部隊的一名騎兵，而且是1651年進攻丹狄的一名敢死隊隊員，下馬攻城的龍騎兵。”
B: Oh, let me see. Oh, I know. It is from Walter. Scott's novel: The Heart of Mid-Lothian.
噢，讓我想想。噢，記起來了。是沃爾特·司考特的小說《中洛辛郡的心臟》。
A: Thanks a lot.
真謝謝你。
第二，詞海拾貝
forlorn hope
exp. An undertaking that seems very unlikely to succeed. （渺茫的希望）
e.g. This plan you have is a forlorn hope and will never work out the way you want.
你的這個計劃希望渺茫，永遠不會以你想要的方式實現。
e.g. Going to their rescue in a rowing-boat is a bit of a forlorn hope.
乘划艇去救他們，希望不大。
e.g. I must now bring my forlorn hope into action, in order to carry my point!
我現在必須實現我的一線希望，不達目的誓不休了！
e.g. This was a forlorn hope--he was almost sure that Wilson had no friend: there was not enough of him for his wife.
這是一個渺茫的希望——他幾乎可以肯定威爾遜一個朋友也沒有，他連個老婆都照顧不了。
