事实：离开的另一种说法-Six Feet Under Means Departed

Pre-Listening Vocabulary

 

significance: importance

plague: a disease that spreads quickly

depth: a measurement that expresses how deep something is

slang: an informal word or phrase that may be disrespectful

respectful: polite, morally acceptable

 

Six Feet Under Means Departed

When we say that a person is six feet under, this means that he or she is dead and buried. Some historians believe that this slang expression has historical significance related to The Great Plague of London in 1665. In order to prevent further outbreak, six feet may have been the minimum depth to bury dead bodies. If you hear that a person has gone to meet one’s maker¹, checked out, or is pushing up daisies this also means that he is dead. These are slang expressions that are typically used between close friends in informal situations. To be more respectful, you should say that a person is gone, deceased, departed, or no longer with us.

1 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。