英语小达人 204 Whose Job Is It?

 　　Whose Job Is It?

　　这是谁的工作？

　　This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.

　　这个故事讲到了四个人，他们分别叫作每个人、有些人、任何人和没有人。

　　There was an important job to be done, and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.

　　有一项重要的工作要求每个人做。每个人确信有些人会做。本来任何人可以做的，可是没有人做。

　　Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.

　　有些人对此很气愤，因为这是每个人的工作。每个人想任何人可以做，可是没有人意识到每个人都不会做。

　　Consequently¹, it ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anbody could have done.

　　结果，在没有人做任何人都能做的事情时，每个人都指责有些人。

　　重点讲解：

　　1. ask to do sth.

　　要求做某事；文中be asked to do sth. 是被动形式，表示被要求做某事；

　　eg. I must ask to be excused.

　　我必须请求原谅。

　　eg. You know you've arrived when you're asked to appear on TV.

　　邀请你在电视上亮相的时候，你就知道你已经名声在外了。

　　eg. He was asked to arbitrate (a serious dispute) between management and the unions.

　　他被邀请在资方与工会之间(对一严重争端)作出仲裁。

　　2. end up

　　最终；结果；到头来；

　　eg. She could have ended up a millionairess.

　　她本可以成为百万富婆的。

　　eg. Every time they went dancing they ended up in a bad mood.

　　每次他们去跳舞，都会不欢而散。

　　eg. If you don't know what you want, you might end up getting something you don't want.

　　如果你不知道自己想要什么，到头来你可能得非所愿。

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adv.因此，因而，所以

参考例句：

• She was a bright and eager student and,consequently,did well in school.她是个聪明好学的学生，因此学习成绩很好。
• The company went bankrupt and consequently he lost his job.公司破产，因此他失业了。