时间:2019-01-01 作者:英语课 分类:世界小史


英语课

   Have you ever watched a storm approaching on a hot summer's day?


  你在炎热的夏天见过一场雷雨来临的情景吗?
  It's especially spectacular in the mountains.
  这在山区尤其壮观。
  At first there's nothing to see, but you feel a sort of weariness that tells you something is in the air.
  起先人们根本就什么征兆也没看出,但是人们从自身的疲惫上感觉到,好像就要发生什么事。
  Then you hear thunder – just a rumble 1 here and there – you can't quite tell where it is coming from.
  后来人们听见雷声,一会儿这儿一会儿那儿。人们不清楚,这雷声是从哪儿来的
  All of a sudden, the mountains seem strangely near. There isn't a breath of wind, yet dense 2 clouds pile up in the sky.
  后来群山一下子看上去今得令人毛骨悚然,一丝风也没有,然而乌云却在翻滚着。
  And now the mountains have almost vanished behind a wall of haze 3.
  群山几乎消失在一片茫茫雾气的后面。
  Clouds rush in from all sides, but still there's no wind.
  乌云从四面八方移过来,但是人们感觉不到风。
  There's more thunder now, and everything around looks eerie 4 and menacing. You wait and wait.
  雷声更频繁了,一切显得阴森可怕,鬼气森然。人们等呀等呀,
  And then, suddenly, it erupts. At first it is almost a release. The storm descends 5 into the valley.
  后来突然爆发起来了,起先这几乎像一种解脱,狂风刮进山谷,
  There's thunder and lightning everywhere. The rain clatters 6 down in huge drops.
  四面八方都是电闪雷鸣,大雨狂泻而下。
  The storm is trapped in the narrow cleft 7 of the valley and thunderclaps echo and reverberate 8 off the steep mountain sides.
  雨水在狭窄的山谷凹地里不断冲刷着,悬崖峭壁发出雷鸣的回声。

n.隆隆声;吵嚷;v.隆隆响;低沉地说
  • I hear the rumble of thunder in the distance.我听到远处雷声隆隆。
  • We could tell from the rumble of the thunder that rain was coming.我们根据雷的轰隆声可断定,天要下雨了。
a.密集的,稠密的,浓密的;密度大的
  • The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
  • The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。
n.霾,烟雾;懵懂,迷糊;vi.(over)变模糊
  • I couldn't see her through the haze of smoke.在烟雾弥漫中,我看不见她。
  • He often lives in a haze of whisky.他常常是在威士忌的懵懂醉意中度过的。
adj.怪诞的;奇异的;可怕的;胆怯的
  • It's eerie to walk through a dark wood at night.夜晚在漆黑的森林中行走很是恐怖。
  • I walked down the eerie dark path.我走在那条漆黑恐怖的小路上。
v.下来( descend的第三人称单数 );下去;下降;下斜
  • This festival descends from a religious rite. 这个节日起源于宗教仪式。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The path descends steeply to the village. 小路陡直而下直到村子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
盘碟刀叉等相撞击时的声音( clatter的名词复数 )
  • I thought, 'Aye aye, hit it before he comes and clatters me. 我想,'埃赞成,击出他来之前和clatters我。
n.裂缝;adj.裂开的
  • I hid the message in a cleft in the rock.我把情报藏在石块的裂缝里。
  • He was cleft from his brother during the war.在战争期间,他与他的哥哥分离。
v.使回响,使反响
  • The decision will reverberate and will jar the country.这项决定将引起反响并震撼这个国家。
  • Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my hear.痛苦呼喊的一遍遍的在我的心中回响。
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