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“无知是福”的英文怎么说？之前我们在《早餐英语》中分享过蔡志忠的关于《老子》的漫画，里面的讲的就是大智若愚，这个故事，让我不禁联想到了英语中的一句俗语：ignorance is bliss 直译过来就是“无知是福”。但这个俗语在使用的时候，也要根据不同的语境来判断它到底还是褒义还是贬义的。今天我们就来探知一下这个俗语的渊源还有具体的用法。New Words:ignorance 美 ['ɪɡnərəns] n. 无知，愚昧；不知，不懂fate英 [feɪt] 美 [fet] n. 命运swiftly美 ['swɪftli] adv. 很快地；敏捷地；即刻paradise. 美 ['pærə'daɪs] n. 天堂Tooth Fairy牙仙子（是英国童话里的一个仙子）Meaningif you do not know about something, you do not worry about it or get affected by it.如果你对某事一无所知，那么便不会担心或是受到其影响Originignorance is bliss无知即福人们有时用ignorance is bliss为某人的无知辩护。它出自英国诗人托马斯·格雷(Thomas Gray, 1716-1771)的诗作《伊顿远眺》 (Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College, 1747 ) :Yet ah! Why should they know their fate?Since sorrow never comes too late,And happiness too swiftly flies.Thought would destroy their paradise.No more; where ignorance is bliss,'Tis folly to be wise.('Tis 就是 It is 的意思，常常用于人物自言自语的感叹句)唉!他们何苦知晓自己的命运?忧愁从不会姗姗来迟,快乐总是稍纵即逝。思虑使他们的天堂塌陷。天堂不在;无知即福,大智若愚。（摘自-《单词的历史》）Example:A child who believes in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy and who would be very upset to find out that neither was real is an example of a child who would think that ignorance was bliss.一个相信圣诞老人和牙仙的孩子，当他发现这两个都不是真的的时候会很不高兴，这便是“无知是福的”例子。Example Sentences：Sometimes I just decide to ignore the news for a few days. Ignorance is bliss, I tell you. When it comes to what my kids end up eating at their grandparents' house, ignorance is bliss.有时我只是决定忽略消息几天。我告诉你，无知是福。当提起我的孩子们在他们祖父母家里吃饭时候，无知是福。A: I never knew that the kid who mows our lawn has been in trouble with the police.B: Ignorance is bliss!A：我从来不知道给我们修草坪的孩子和警察惹上了麻烦。B：无知是福！Some doctors believe ignorance is bliss and don’t give their patients all the facts.一些医生认为无知是福，便不告诉给病人所有的事实。