VOA慢速英语2015.01.15 fallen, feeling, people, expression, borrowed

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Word expert Charles Funk says people have been feeling "down in the dumps" for more than 400 years. Sir Thomas More used the expression in 1534. He wrote: "Our poor family...has fallen in such dumps." 词汇专家Charles Funk表示,人们感到"down in the dumps" 的表示方式超过400年了.Thomas先生在1534年就开始用这个短语了.他描述到:"我们贫穷的家庭已经跌到谷底." ______________________ Americans borrowed this saying. And, over the years, it has become a popular way of expressing sadness. 美国人借用了这种说法.这些年来,他已经变成了一种伤感的表达方式.

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