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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Parental guilt, hopeless resignation？
1)Does ”parental guilt“ mean "guilty feelings that parents have in their heart"?
2) Does "hopeless resignation" mean "(the people in Beijing) are hopeless, they have to accept the despair (the smog)"?
Context:
At school and in offices all conversation is about the air. More than 19 Chinese cities recorded PM2·5 levels far exceeding the WHO safe level. Prevailing sentiments are of anger, fear, parental guilt, hopeless resignation, and wry humour about a common fate. Questions are asked. When will the winds blow? Why don't they close the schools? And why is this still happening 1 year after the winter smog of January, 2013? The National Action Plan on Air Pollution and Prevention Control (2013—2017) was announced in September, 2013, and among other comprehensive measures, aims that by 2017 the yearly PM2·5 level in Beijing should be controlled at 60 µg/m3. Although the government has heroically invested US$277 billion to tackle air pollution, much of the new national plan is yet to be realised.
MOre:
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2960427-X/fulltext
2) Does "hopeless resignation" mean "(the people in Beijing) are hopeless, they have to accept the despair (the smog)"?
Context:
At school and in offices all conversation is about the air. More than 19 Chinese cities recorded PM2·5 levels far exceeding the WHO safe level. Prevailing sentiments are of anger, fear, parental guilt, hopeless resignation, and wry humour about a common fate. Questions are asked. When will the winds blow? Why don't they close the schools? And why is this still happening 1 year after the winter smog of January, 2013? The National Action Plan on Air Pollution and Prevention Control (2013—2017) was announced in September, 2013, and among other comprehensive measures, aims that by 2017 the yearly PM2·5 level in Beijing should be controlled at 60 µg/m3. Although the government has heroically invested US$277 billion to tackle air pollution, much of the new national plan is yet to be realised.
MOre:
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2960427-X/fulltext
Top answer
NL888 1)Does ”parental guilt“ mean "guilty feelings that parents have in their heart"? Yes. NL888 2) Does "hopeless resignation" mean "(the people in Beijing) are hopeless, they have to accept the despair (the smog)"?
- NL888 1)Does ”parental guilt“ mean "guilty feelings that parents have in their heart"?
- Yes.
- NL888 2) Does "hopeless resignation" mean "(the people in Beijing) are hopeless, they have to accept the despair (the smog)"?
- It means they think they must.
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NL8881)Does ”parental guilt“ mean "guilty feelings that parents have in their heart"?Yes.
NL8882) Does "hopeless resignation" mean "(the people in Beijing) are hopeless, they have to accept the despair (the smog)"?It means they think they must.
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Thanks.
But must what? Must accept the smog? Must accept the damning situation?
But must what? Must accept the smog? Must accept the damning situation?
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NL888But must what?Accept the PM2·5 levels far exceeding the WHO safe level
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