around the corner
「around the corner」是「就快到了」,可以具體,也可以抽象,例如:「7-11 is around the corner.」(便利超商就在前面街角。)就在前面,當然「就快到了」;另一種抽象的表達方式,就是(時間)即將要發生,例如:「Summer is around the corner.」(夏天就快要來了。)
disappointed
「disappointed」是「沮喪失望」,例如:「Her mother was disappointed to learn that she had failed the course.」 (媽媽沮喪地得知,她那門課考試不及格。)「disappointing」也是「沮喪失望」,例如:「It's disappointing that nobody wants to help.」(沒有人願意幫忙,真令人失望。)
「disappointed」是說人(主動的)感到失望;「disappointing」是某事讓人(被動的)感到失望。好比文中勤勞的哥哥:「got disappointed to get the same answer.(得到失望的答案)」,直接的講法就是:「got the same disappointing answer.」
move on
「move on」是「繼續前進,或採取行動」。例如:「He's trying to move on and stretch himself with something different.」(他想嘗試不一樣的工作,挑戰自己。)「The time has come for us to move on.」(是我們繼續下一步時候了。)
文中的兩兄弟「...... had to recover from the sorrow to move on in their lives.」(必須走出悲傷,繼續自己的人生。)