第46讲 失去的不再来 Pass away & In store for someone/sth.

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几年前母亲就去世（pass away）了，每当看到别人一家团聚时，对她的怀念就越来越深。母亲辛辛苦苦养育了我们三姊妹，还没有来得及享享清福呢！失去的才知道珍惜，很后悔她老人家在世时自己尽孝不够啊！

We have been missing my mother deeply since she had passed away.
(译文：自从母亲过世后我们一直深深的怀念着她。)

片语pass away意思是“去世，逝世”。Pass本来有“过去，经过，传递”的意思，away有“离开”的意思，所以pass away就表示“过世，去世”的意思。不过这个片语常用在某人的去世是可以预见的情况下，比如重病住院许久不治而逝世等。看看英文解释：
If someone has passed away, then they have died. To say passed away is more polite than to say died. In addition, to pass away also has the sense that their death was a process. For example, they died of old age or had been ill for a long time, and so their death was not sudden or unexpected. Therefore, we do not say my friend passed away in a car accident last night. When you mean he died in a car and never made it to the hospital, in this situation, we would say he died in a car accident last night. However, we can say my friend was in a serious car accident last night, he passed away this morning in the hospital.

很清楚吧，再看一个例子：

My grandpa had passed away before I was born. So I don’t know what he looked like.
(译文：爷爷在我出生前就去世了，所以我不知道他长的什么样。)

思念故然令人伤感，可面对迷茫的未来，自己何尝又不伤感呢？谁知道什么样的生活在等待着自己呢？自从毕业参加工作以来，饿不了也饱不了，生活几乎失去了激情。

I graduated from university five years ago. Up to now I haven’t been sure what life has in store for me.
(译文：五年前我就大学毕业了，直到现在我仍不知道什么样的生活在等待着我。)

这里，片语in store for someone的意思是“等待着某人”。Store有贮存、储备的意思，in store for someone的字面意思是“留给某人(去处理)”，不就包含“等待着某人(来处理、经受)”的意思吗？If something unexpected such as a surprise or problem is in store for someone, it is about to happen to him or her，如：

There's a pleasant surprise in store for you.
（译文：这有一件令人愉快的事在等着（或要告诉）你。）

结束语：母亲去世（passed away）后，全家人都很伤心。真不知道会有什么样的未来在等待着我们(in store for us)。