时间:2019-01-01 作者:英语课 分类:英语散文阅读


英语课
A Bird came down the Walk -
He did not know I saw -
He bit an Angleworm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw,
 
And then he drank a Dew
From a convenient Grass -
And then hopped 1 side wise to the Wall
To let a Beetle 2 pass -
 
He glanced with rapid eyes
That hurried all around -
They looked like frightened Beads 3, I thought -
He stirred his Velvet 4 Head
 
Like one in danger, Cautious,
I offered him a Crumb 5
And he unrolled his feathers
And rowed him softer home -
 
Than Oars 6 divide the Ocean,
Too silver for a seam -
Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon
Leap, plashless as they swim.
 
A typical exemplar for Dickinson's nature verse. This poem depicts 7 the nature's superior self-sufficiency and man's continuous yen 8 to get into the world of nature. At frist, the narrator encounters a bird and looks at it on the walk as a curious observer. Unaware 9 of her existence, the bird eats a worm, drinks a dew from the grass, and steps aside politely to let a beetle pass as a gentleman. 
 
The bird then senses something is not right and looks around as if in fright. And she approaches the bird and offers it a crumb but it flies away. A magnificent sight of grace. The bird’s flight through the air is softer than that of a boat being rowed in a seamless ocean with oars; the oars’ action, like the bird’s wings, are so small and “silver” in the expanse of water and sky, that they do not even leave a “seam” behind to show they once moved through that space. In a final exquisitely 10 lovely image, it is even smoother than the flight of butterflies that jump into the rivers of “Noon” swimming and splashing about. 

跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 ); 单足蹦跳; 齐足(或双足)跳行; 摘葎草花
  • He hopped onto a car and wanted to drive to town. 他跳上汽车想开向市区。
  • He hopped into a car and drove to town. 他跳进汽车,向市区开去。
n.甲虫,近视眼的人
  • A firefly is a type of beetle.萤火虫是一种甲虫。
  • He saw a shiny green beetle on a leaf.我看见树叶上有一只闪闪发光的绿色甲虫。
n.(空心)小珠子( bead的名词复数 );水珠;珠子项链
  • a necklace of wooden beads 一条木珠项链
  • Beads of perspiration stood out on his forehead. 他的前额上挂着汗珠。
n.丝绒,天鹅绒;adj.丝绒制的,柔软的
  • This material feels like velvet.这料子摸起来像丝绒。
  • The new settlers wore the finest silk and velvet clothing.新来的移民穿着最华丽的丝绸和天鹅绒衣服。
n.饼屑,面包屑,小量
  • It was the only crumb of comfort he could salvage from the ordeal.这是他从这场磨难里能找到的唯一的少许安慰。
  • Ruth nearly choked on the last crumb of her pastry.鲁斯几乎被糕点的最后一块碎屑所噎住。
n.桨,橹( oar的名词复数 );划手v.划(行)( oar的第三人称单数 )
  • He pulled as hard as he could on the oars. 他拼命地划桨。
  • The sailors are bending to the oars. 水手们在拼命地划桨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
描绘,描画( depict的第三人称单数 ); 描述
  • The book vividly depicts French society of the 1930s. 这本书生动地描绘了20 世纪30 年代的法国社会。
  • He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively. 他只描写人生肮脏和庸俗的一面。
n. 日元;热望
  • He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
  • He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。
a.不知道的,未意识到的
  • They were unaware that war was near. 他们不知道战争即将爆发。
  • I was unaware of the man's presence. 我没有察觉到那人在场。
adv.精致地;强烈地;剧烈地;异常地
  • He found her exquisitely beautiful. 他觉得她异常美丽。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He wore an exquisitely tailored gray silk and accessories to match. 他穿的是做工非常考究的灰色绸缎衣服,还有各种配得很协调的装饰。 来自教父部分
学英语单词
absorbent cloth
Acid Complex Blue GGN
almotriptan
alveolar dead space
analytic aerial triangulation
anaphase in cell division
audio radiation indicator
Banden
baron wilhelm von humboldts
BHIB
bucolone
chesting calender
civil service official
communication between domains
contini
cupferron
cybisterone
De M.
debellator
decorative web
dislodged
doodlebuggers
dyed goods
Eagle's medium
electrophotograph
emission tomography
externally-braced monoplane
federal funds rate
ferroactinolite
fiss
flavicant
fluorosurfactant
goats hair
gydanskiy poluostrov(gydanski pen.)
haldimand
Harang discontinuity
hard shelled egg
healthcorps
Horka
hydrocol naphtha fraction
indigenous alveolar bone
insam
intestinalis arteria
Laval, Pierre
letterly
lie flat
ligamenta costoclaviculare
macro dummy variable of definition
marmylaris buckleyi
Mashileh
mathematics of control
measurement inverter
metal-case magnesite brick
methylene urea
monoclinal folded structure
multi-list processor system
nedy
nonretractile
nonretracting
o-diethylaminotoluene
once-quiet
Onopordum
outhaul winch
peel rubber
peels off
phasings
picture-frames
poor focus
pre-sparking
Rahu
Rayleigh-Jeans formula
reads over
rear ... head
redundant fan
redworms
rescowes
retrogames
Rhine Falls
road appreciation
scallopping
scar-tissue
semi-colloid
seoc
shifting beam carrier
short-stops
single-screw ship
somatoform
subglossitis diphtheroides
swivelling characteristic
tertiary egg envelope
tire size
topographies
TR cell
tuck ... in
unfruitfully
unlocking lever tube
unvoluntary unemployment
Vailoa
vibrator rectifier
Vinerian
wee willie winkie
zarroli