The beloved actor Chadwick Boseman, known for his role as Marvel’s Black Panther superhero, unexpectedly passed away in August at age 43. Chadwick Boseman had been secretly fighting stage 4 colon cancer for four years. Kids across the USA are hosting mock funerals attended by action figures to mourn the great “King T’Challa.”
In one picture uploaded to Twitter by parents, a boy stands alongside his superhero figures with arms crossed in the shape of an X over his chest in the ‘Wakanda Forever’ salute. In another picture, the figure of Black Panther rests peacefully surrounded by other superheroes and electric candles. These young fans are paying their tribute to or showing grief over their role model in their own ways.
友善讓你懂 │ 解說
以漫威超級英雄角色「黑豹」廣受世人喜愛的男星德威克鮑斯曼，在8月份時意外傳來病逝死訊，年僅43歲。德威克鮑斯曼已經祕密對抗大腸癌第四期四年時間了。全美各地的孩子們，都自發性地為偉大的「國王帝查拉」（黑豹角色在故事裡的本名）舉辦模擬葬禮，由其他的動作角色玩偶代表「出席」。
有張父母上傳到推特上面的照片，照片裡的男孩站在他的超級英雄玩偶們旁邊，雙手在胸前交叉做出X的形狀，是電影中的「Wakanda萬歲」致敬手勢。在另外一張照片中，黑豹玩偶平靜地躺在地上，身旁環繞著電子蠟燭，以及其他的超級英雄。這些年輕的粉絲們，正用他們各自的方式對他們的榜樣表達敬意或感懷。
輕鬆帶著走 │學習
使用grief (n.) 這個字來表達巨大的悲痛、哀傷時，通常傳達的是因為有人離世而引起的情緒，若需要使用動詞，則改用grieve (v.)，以grieve for / over sb表示。Pass away或 pass on，則是die (死亡)的另種較為委婉含蓄的說法。
例句：Everybody in his family are still grieving for his grandmother, who passed away last week.
他家族裡的人都還在為他上週才去世的祖母哀悼。
本篇其他相關單字，介紹如下：
- mock (adj.) 仿製的、假的、模擬的
- mourn (v.) 悼念、哀悼
- salute (v./n.) 敬禮、致意
- pay tribute to 讚頌、稱讚
- role model 楷模、榜樣
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