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【句子】And then, one thing led to another… and before I knew it, we were shopping. 【Friends-S2E2】 【发音】[ænd] [ðen] [wʌn] [θɪŋ] [led] [tʊ] [əˈnʌð.əʳ] [ænd] [bɪfɔ:(r)] [aɪ] [nju:] [ɪt] [wi:] [wɜ:(r)] ['ʃɒpɪŋ]/['ʃɑ:pɪŋ] 【发音技巧】and then不完全失去爆破；led to完全失去爆破；and before 完全失去爆破；【翻译】但是后来，事情一件件地接连发生，我自己还没弄明白咋回事呢，我们俩就一起去逛街了。【适用场合】前面一句话是：Look, when it started, I was just trying to be nice to her, because she was my brother’s girlfriend.你听我说，刚开始的时候，我只是想对她友善一些，因为她毕竟是我哥哥的女朋友。今天我们讲一下什么叫做one thing leads to another字面的意思：一件事情导致了另外一件事情的发生。其实就形容好几件事情，像多米诺骨牌一样，接连发生，一连串地发生；If one thing leads to another, there is a series of events in which each event was caused by the previous one:eg: At first, we were just dancing together, but one thing led to another, and I ended up in bed with him.一开始，我们只是在一起跳舞，但是后来，不知怎么的，接二连三地，我们就同枕共眠了。eg: You know how it is: you try to make one small improvement to your house, but then one thing leads to another, and you end up repainting the entire first floor. 你知道，事情是这样的：一开始你打算只是稍微给你的房子做个小小的修缮；但是事情一件接一件地发生，你把整个第一层楼都重新粉刷了。让我想到以前有人举过一个例子，一开始只是想换餐桌的花瓶，结果家里整套装修都全重新弄了一遍。eg: We were just going to meet for coffee, but one thing led to another and we spent the whole night walking around the city and talking.我们一开始只是打算见个面喝杯咖啡的，但是后来，非常顺其自然地（进一步接触），最后我们花了整晚在城里压马路，聊天。eg: He offered me a ride home one night, and, well, one thing led to another and now we’re engaged!有一天晚上他载我回家送了我一程，然后，嗯，接下来事情顺其自然地发生，现在我们俩已经订婚啦！【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】I never thought I'd be a president, but after they closed down the university where I was a professor, I became a kind of spokesman. One thing led to another and so here I am today.