Spring 春-心灵鸡汤
英语课
Spring 春
Springs are not always the same. In some years, April bursts upon Virginia hills in one prodigious 1 leap – and all the stage is filled at once, whole choruses of tulips, arabesques 3 of forsythia, cadenzas of flowering plum. The trees grow leaves overnight.
In other years, spring tiptoes in. It pauses, overcome by shyness, like my grandchild at the door, peeping in, ducking out of sight, giggling 4 in the hallway. “I know you’re out there,” I cry. “Come in!” And April slips into our arms.
the dogwood bud, pale GREen, is inlaid with russet markings. Within the perfect cup a score of clustered seeds are nestled. One examines the bud in awe 5: Where were those seeds a month ago? The apples display their milliner’s scraps 6 of ivory silk, rose-tinged. All the sleeping things wake up – primrose 7, baby iris 8, blue phlox. The earth warms – you can smell it, feel it, crumble 9 April in your hands.
Look to the rue 10 anemone 11, if you will, or the pea patch, or to the stubborn weed that thrusts its shoulders through a city street. This is how it was, is now, and ever shall be, the world without end. In the serene 12 certainty of spring recurring 13, who can fear the distant fall?
春不总是千篇一律的。有时候，四月一个健步就跃上了弗吉尼亚的小山丘。顿时，整个舞台活跃起来：郁金香们引吭高歌，连翘花翩翩起舞，梅花表演起了独奏。树木也在一夜之间披上了新绿。
有时候，春又悄然来临。它欲前又止，羞涩腼腆，就像我的小孙女，倚在门口，偷偷往里瞅，又一下子跑开了，不见踪影，从门厅传出她咯咯的笑声。我喊一声：“我知道你在那儿，进来吧！”于是四月便倏地一下飞进我们怀中。
山茱蓃的花骨朵儿嫩绿嫩绿的，镶着赤褐色的花边。在那漂亮的花萼里，竟稳稳地簇拥着十几颗小种子。我们不禁要惊羡地问一句：一个月前这些种子还在哪儿呢？苹果树则像卖帽人，向人们展示他帽子上那一片片微带点玫瑰红地乳白色丝缎。所有熟睡的都醒了——樱草花、小蝴蝶花、蓝夹竹桃。大地也暖和起来了——你可以闻到四月的气息，感觉到它那股馨香，把它捧在手中赏玩。
去看看白头翁花，如果你愿意，再去看看豌豆畦，或是那倔强地手臂伸过城市街道的野花。它们从前是这样，现在是这样，将来还会是这样，这是个永不停息的世界。当我们发现，春已切切实实地回来了，在恬静之中，谁还会害怕遥远的秋天呢？
单词注释：
prodigious: a. 巨大的
chorus: n. 合唱
arabesque 2: n. 阿拉伯式图案，芭蕾舞的一种姿势
forsythia: n. 连翘属植物
cadenza: n. 华彩段，自由装饰乐段
overnight: adv. 一整夜
tiptoe: v. 小心翼翼地走
duck: v. 闪避，急速低头
dogwood: n. 山茱蓃
inlaid: a. 镶嵌的，嵌入的
clustered: a. 成串的
nestle: v. 使紧贴
awe: n. 敬畏，惊羡
milliner: n. 女帽制造及贩卖商
primrose: n. 樱草花
iris: n. 蝴蝶花
phlox: n. 草夹竹桃属植物
crumble: v. 弄碎，瓦解
rue: n. [植]芸香
adj.惊人的，奇妙的；异常的；巨大的；庞大的
- This business generates cash in prodigious amounts.这种业务收益丰厚。
- He impressed all who met him with his prodigious memory.他惊人的记忆力让所有见过他的人都印象深刻。
n.阿拉伯式花饰；adj.阿拉伯式图案的
- I like carpets with arabesque patterns.我喜欢带有阿拉伯式花饰的地毯。
- The Arabesque solution is the answer to a designer's desire for uniqueness.阿拉伯风为设计师渴望独一无二给出了答案。
v.咯咯地笑( giggle的现在分词 )
- We just sat there giggling like naughty schoolchildren. 我们只是坐在那儿像调皮的小学生一样的咯咯地傻笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I can't stand her giggling, she's so silly. 她吃吃地笑，叫我真受不了，那样子傻透了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
n.敬畏，惊惧；vt.使敬畏，使惊惧
- The sight filled us with awe.这景色使我们大为惊叹。
- The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
油渣
- Don't litter up the floor with scraps of paper. 不要在地板上乱扔纸屑。
- A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material. 做杂拼花布棉被是利用零碎布料的好办法。
n.樱草，最佳部分，
- She is in the primrose of her life.她正处在她一生的最盛期。
- The primrose is set off by its nest of green.一窝绿叶衬托着一朵樱草花。
n.虹膜，彩虹
- The opening of the iris is called the pupil.虹膜的开口处叫做瞳孔。
- This incredible human eye,complete with retina and iris,can be found in the Maldives.又是在马尔代夫，有这样一只难以置信的眼睛，连视网膜和虹膜都刻画齐全了。
vi.碎裂，崩溃；vt.弄碎，摧毁
- Opposition more or less crumbled away.反对势力差不多都瓦解了。
- Even if the seas go dry and rocks crumble,my will will remain firm.纵然海枯石烂，意志永不动摇。
n.懊悔，芸香，后悔；v.后悔，悲伤，懊悔
- You'll rue having failed in the examination.你会悔恨考试失败。
- You're going to rue this the longest day that you live.你要终身悔恨不尽呢。
n.海葵
- Do you want this anemone to sting you?你想让这个海葵刺疼你吗？
- The bodies of the hydra and sea anemone can produce buds.水螅和海葵的身体能产生芽。
adj. 安详的，宁静的，平静的
- He has entered the serene autumn of his life.他已进入了美好的中年时期。
- He didn't speak much,he just smiled with that serene smile of his.他话不多，只是脸上露出他招牌式的淡定的微笑。
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