【绝望的主妇】“一笔勾销，既往不咎。”

难度：两星【句子】So if I confess, it’ll clean the slate, right? 【Desperate Housewives S1E8】【发音】[səʊ] [ɪf] [aɪ] [kən'fes] [ɪtl] [kli:n] [ðə] [sleɪt] [raɪt]【发音技巧】if I 轻微连读；it’ll 易错；right末尾要上扬语调；【翻译】如果我忏悔，是不是就一笔勾销了？【适用场合】之前吸血鬼日记讲解的时候提到过的：I want us to start over. We need to put the past behind us.我想和你重新开始。我们得既往不咎。查看吸血鬼日记那一期节目，可以关注【英语口语每日养成】，文章跳转超链接查看视频及讲解。那什么叫做clean the slate？slate本意是岩石；石板；用很容易擦掉的粉笔在石板上写字。clean the slate就是把过去记录的统统擦掉，去除这个意思。a clean sheet / a clean slate干干净净的记录，没有前科，没有违规记录a record of your work or actions that does not show any mistakes or bad things that you have done: eg: At the new school, you will start with a clean slate. 在新学校里，没人知道你的过去，你可以重新开始。start with a clean slate重新开始/从头开始 start fresh / start all over again from scratcheg: I know we've had our differences, but I'd like to repair our friendship. Can we start over with a clean slate? 我知道，我们之间存在一些分歧。但是我想重修旧好，我们能重新做回朋友吗？eg: I really appreciate you giving me a clean slate after I failed the first test.我真的特别感谢，您能在我第一次尝试失败后，再给我一次全新的机会。【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】他曾经希望和Helen破镜重圆，重新开始，但可惜已经为时太晚，这段关系已经无法挽回。