Ask & Learn闻问切英语口语:另一方面再另一方面

提到 on the one hand ... on the other hand 这句型，还有不少趣谈。电影 Fiddler on the Roof 中，父亲发现女儿居然未经媒妁之言就和一个年青小伙子私订终身，大为生气，但心情平静后有一点后悔，心中暗想：

He loves her. Love, it's a new style. On the other hand, our old ways were once new, weren't they? On the other hand, they decided without parents, without a matchmaker! On the other hand, did Adam and Eve have a matchmaker? Well, yes, they did. And it seems these two have the same matchmaker!

这一段自白里，有一连串的 on the other hand，这当然不是正规的用法。电影以戏谑的方式——另一方面之后又再另一方面，把做父亲的犹豫心情表达出来。

日常用语中，也有人故意说 on the one hand ... on the other hand ... on the third hand 等，人只有两只手，不可能有 on the third hand，因此这也是开玩笑的用法。

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