Franklin Roosevelt
Before proceedings, Churchill and Stalin agreed that Roosevelt, the only head of state, would preside at1the first formal session. Everything was so relaxed it did _disibledevent= mood(情緒):
We hoped the conversation would not continue in such a pessimistic vein. 我們希望談話不會在這樣悲觀情緒中繼續下去。
vein 也可解作“氣質”或“風格”:
She has a noble vein in her character. 她性格中有高尚的成分。
The story is written in a comic vein. 這短篇小說以喜劇意味寫成。
本篇有關情緒的詞語還有 relaxed(adj. 輕鬆的);strain(n. 壓力)。談“壓力”或“焦慮”還有 pressure、stress、anxiety 等:
She felt relaxed in the countryside when all the strains and stresses of city life had gone. 她在鄉間感到輕鬆,這時城市生活的緊張和壓力全都消失了。
名言
A conservative is a man with
two perfectly good legs who, however,
has never learned to walk forward.
— Franklin Roosevelt
因循守舊者猶如一個人雖有健全的雙腿,卻總也學不會向前邁步。
——富蘭克林·羅斯福