英语悠选脱口秀 第148期:没想到一场求婚搞得大家都湿身

 讲解

Today's key word is devastate¹

devastate d-e-v-a-s-t-a-t-e

毁灭 破坏

If something devastates² a place, it damages the place very badly or destroys it totally.

使荒废

这个词既可以用在人身上，也可以用在破坏一个地方一个区域上。

Here is an example:

He was devastated³ by his grief when his son died.

他因为儿子的死伤心欲绝。

今天我们要讲的这个devastate的人，是一个想要跟女友求婚的男孩。

His name is Picca. When Picca planned on proposing(求婚) to his girlfriend Kayla. I bet he didn't imagine it going like this. 

Picca准备向自己心爱的人求婚，于是要求她去他们最喜欢的一家餐厅。He planned to pop the question at their favorite restaurant, which is right by the water.

When he got down on one knee on the dock(码头) and opened the ring box, the worst possible thing happened — the ring fell out and sunk into the ocean.

鼓足勇气单膝下跪后，刚把戒指盒子拿出来，万万没想到，戒指跳出盒子，一个优雅的转身，落入大海！

当时新娘就愣住了！

她说：“I covered my face and began to cry because I knew my boyfriend was devastated，he did not even get to say anything to me before the ring fell into the ocean."

这个准新郎当时估计也是万念俱灰，万劫不复，万分丢脸，万万没想到啊……

But 就在此时，

Their friends and strangers all jumped into the water with their clothes on and searched for the ring in the ocean.

找戒指找了一个小时左右，the ring was finally recovered by a man named Kyle.

戒指找回来了，婚还得接着求啊。

Picca reassumed his kneeling position and proposed. And of course, the girl said YES.

事后周围的人都非常非常开心，Picca也说：“They were amazing and we are so grateful to have their help that night."

话说，这小伙子求个婚也是不容易啊。顺便插一句，各位男同学要向Picca学习啊，结婚之前一定要求婚，哪怕戒指掉进海里，也要捞出来接着求。

就像Megan Trainer的歌里唱的：

Dear future husband,

Just be a classy guy

Buy me a ring

You gotta know how to treat me like a lady

Even when I'm acting crazy

1 devastate   

v.使荒芜，破坏，压倒

参考例句：

• A few days before,a fire had devastated large parts of Windsor Castle.几天前，温莎城堡的大部分被一场大火烧毁。
• Earthquakes can also cause tsunamis,which devastate coastal regions.地震还引发海啸，它直接破坏海岸地区。

2 devastates   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的第三人称单数 )；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮

参考例句：

• Strip mining devastates whole regions, leaving bare and useless ground. 露天矿产毁坏全部区域，离开赤裸和无用的地面。 来自互联网
• Prostitution is a profession that devastates the lives of young women. 雏妓这个职业是对女孩子极度的摧残。 来自互联网

3 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。