原版英文故事与诗歌：The Banyan Tree
时间：2019-01-02 作者：英语课 分类：原版英文故事与诗歌
英语课
O you shaggy-headed banyan 1 tree standing 2 on the bank of the pond, have you forgotten the little child, like the birds that have nested in your branches and left you?
Do you not remember how he sat at the window and wondered at the tangle 3 of your roots that plunged 4 underground?
The women would come to fill their jars in the pond, and your huge black shadow would wriggle 5 on the water like sleep struggling to wake up.
Sunlight danced on the ripples 6 like restless tiny shuttles weaving golden tapestry 7.
Two ducks swam by the weedy margin 8 above their shadows, and the child would sit still and think.
He longed to be the wind and blow through your rustling 9 branches, to be your shadow and lengthen 10 with the day on the water, to be a bird and perch 11 on your top-most twig 12, and to float like those ducks among the weeds and shadows.
n.菩提树，榕树
- This huge banyan tree has a history of more than 400 years.这棵大榕树已经有四百多年的历史了。
- A large banyan tree may look like a forest.大型的榕树看起来象一片树林。
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
n.纠缠；缠结；混乱；v.(使)缠绕；变乱
- I shouldn't tangle with Peter.He is bigger than me.我不应该与彼特吵架。他的块头比我大。
- If I were you, I wouldn't tangle with them.我要是你，我就不跟他们争吵。
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降
- The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
- She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
v./n.蠕动，扭动；蜿蜒
- I've got an appointment I can't wriggle out of.我有个推脱不掉的约会。
- Children wriggle themselves when they are bored.小孩子感到厌烦时就会扭动他们的身体。
逐渐扩散的感觉( ripple的名词复数 )
- The moon danced on the ripples. 月亮在涟漪上舞动。
- The sea leaves ripples on the sand. 海水在沙滩上留下了波痕。
n.挂毯，丰富多采的画面
- How about this artistic tapestry and this cloisonne vase?这件艺术挂毯和这个景泰蓝花瓶怎么样？
- The wall of my living room was hung with a tapestry.我的起居室的墙上挂着一块壁毯。
n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘
- We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
- The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
vt.使伸长，延长
- He asked the tailor to lengthen his coat.他请裁缝把他的外衣放长些。
- The teacher told her to lengthen her paper out.老师让她把论文加长。
n.栖木，高位，杆；v.栖息，就位，位于
- The bird took its perch.鸟停歇在栖木上。
- Little birds perch themselves on the branches.小鸟儿栖歇在树枝上。