时间:2019-01-02 作者:英语课 分类:晨读英语美文60篇


英语课

Two Views Of The River


Now when I had mastered the language of this water and had come to know every trifling 1 feature that bordered the great river as familiarly as I knew the letters of the alphabet, I had made a valuable acquisition. But I had lost something, too. I had lost something which could never be restored to me while I lived. All the grace, the beauty, the poetry had gone out of the majestic 2 river! I still keep in mind a certain wonderful sunset which I witnessed when steamboating was new to me. A broad expanse of the river was turned to blood; in the middle distance the red hue 3 brightened into gold, through which a solitary 4 log came floating, black and conspicuous 5; in one place a long, slanting 6 mark lay sparkling upon the water; in another the surface was broken by boiling, tumbling rings, that were as many-tinted as an opal; where the ruddy flush was faintest, was a smooth spot that was covered with graceful 7 circles and radiating lines, ever so delicately traced; the shore on our left was densely 8 wooded, and the somber 9 shadow that fell from this forest was broken in one place by a long, ruffled 10 trail that shone like silver; and high above the forest wall a clean-stemmed dead tree waved a single leafy bough 11 that glowed like a flame in the unobstructed splendor 12 that was flowing from the sun. There were graceful curves, reflected images, woody heights, soft distances; and over the whole scene, far and near, the dissolving lights drifted steadily 13, enriching it, every passing moment, with new marvels 14 of coloring.



adj.微不足道的;没什么价值的
  • They quarreled over a trifling matter.他们为这种微不足道的事情争吵。
  • So far Europe has no doubt, gained a real conveniency,though surely a very trifling one.直到现在为止,欧洲无疑地已经获得了实在的便利,不过那确是一种微不足道的便利。
adj.雄伟的,壮丽的,庄严的,威严的,崇高的
  • In the distance rose the majestic Alps.远处耸立着雄伟的阿尔卑斯山。
  • He looks majestic in uniform.他穿上军装显得很威风。
n.色度;色调;样子
  • The diamond shone with every hue under the sun.金刚石在阳光下放出五颜六色的光芒。
  • The same hue will look different in different light.同一颜色在不同的光线下看起来会有所不同。
adj.孤独的,独立的,荒凉的;n.隐士
  • I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
  • The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际,显得十分壮美。
adj.明眼的,惹人注目的;炫耀的,摆阔气的
  • It is conspicuous that smoking is harmful to health.很明显,抽烟对健康有害。
  • Its colouring makes it highly conspicuous.它的色彩使它非常惹人注目。
倾斜的,歪斜的
  • The rain is driving [slanting] in from the south. 南边潲雨。
  • The line is slanting to the left. 这根线向左斜了。
adj.优美的,优雅的;得体的
  • His movements on the parallel bars were very graceful.他的双杠动作可帅了!
  • The ballet dancer is so graceful.芭蕾舞演员的姿态是如此的优美。
ad.密集地;浓厚地
  • A grove of trees shadowed the house densely. 树丛把这幢房子遮蔽得很密实。
  • We passed through miles of densely wooded country. 我们穿过好几英里茂密的林地。
adj.昏暗的,阴天的,阴森的,忧郁的
  • He had a somber expression on his face.他面容忧郁。
  • His coat was a somber brown.他的衣服是暗棕色的。
n.大树枝,主枝
  • I rested my fishing rod against a pine bough.我把钓鱼竿靠在一棵松树的大树枝上。
  • Every bough was swinging in the wind.每条树枝都在风里摇摆。
n.光彩;壮丽,华丽;显赫,辉煌
  • Never in his life had he gazed on such splendor.他生平从没有见过如此辉煌壮丽的场面。
  • All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地
  • The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
  • Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。
n.奇迹( marvel的名词复数 );令人惊奇的事物(或事例);不平凡的成果;成就v.惊奇,对…感到惊奇( marvel的第三人称单数 )
  • The doctor's treatment has worked marvels : the patient has recovered completely. 该医生妙手回春,病人已完全康复。 来自辞典例句
  • Nevertheless he revels in a catalogue of marvels. 可他还是兴致勃勃地罗列了一堆怪诞不经的事物。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
above meanness and deceit
absolute farad
absorbent-bed screen
actino-bacillosis
Aedes squamiger
Agassiz
air-lock
albipunctatus
ambari
American oyster
antidrift spring
astatische
autoracemization
bit directional
boy-cut
Briggsia muscicola
bulbectomy
coleseeds
compound rate of growth of output
conduct a test
Contributory Value for General Average
crisscross eyepiece
cristaria discoidea
cross reacting material
cultural dynamics
depletion-layer rectification
dynamic vane bias
electric pressure ga(u)ge
elytrostenosis
energized field generator
flame bed
foot-cares
fuse terminal
gasoline heater
gear bracket
genus pyracanthas
head dip
helmintin
human death
hydrous caffeine
Härryda
in orders
indicial transfer function
injury of peripheral vessels
intercontinental rift system
isolecithal ovum
kentucky black basses
lactarius camphoratus
lay the blame on the right shoulder
life-assurance
limited liability insurance
load resistor
loquel
machiavellian
Maloryta
marketing messages
mcbirney
mechanical flocking
micromotional
Moorish capital
mu-us
multi-GPU
multiple-tube counter
national well being
nucleus (brown 1831)
ocean bottom seismograph
olpitrichum patulum
on the other side of thirty
overplaying
paraspeckles
parichnos cicatricule
passing chord
Police Motu
positive biasing battery
pre-Hitlerian
pressured
pseudotyping
racecar
railway terminal
re-rub
recreational center
Regulation S-X
remakers
retort smelting
Risalpur
risky stock business
romaxes
rotholz
seele
serpiente
sewage pump house
sicilias
slug calorimeter
societal marketing concept
treatment of loss
tropical medicines
unenrolls
unsteeped
westones
wheelthrown
yakage (yagake)
Yelizovskiy Rayon