时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:英语阅读理解


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   Before Two Portraits of My Mother


  I love the beautiful young girl of this
  portrait, my mother, painted years ago
  when her forehead was white, and there was no
  shadow in the dazzling 1 Venetian glass
  of her gaze 2. But this other likeness 3 shows
  the deep trenches 5 across her forehead's white
  marble. The rose poem of her youth that
  her marriage sang is far behind. Here is
  my sadness: I compare these portraits, one
  of a joy-radiant brow 6, the other care-
  heavy: sunrise—and the thick coming on
  of night. And yet how strange my ways appear,
  for when I look at these faded lips my heart
  smiles, but at the smiling girl my tears start.
  —Emile Nelligan (1879-1941)
  我深爱这名美丽少女的
  画像,她是我的母亲,绘制于多年前
  当时她的前额白皙无瑕
  如同威尼斯玻璃般闪亮,没有一丝阴影
  在她双眸中。但另一幅肖像显出
  深深的纹痕布满她皎白大理石般平滑的前额
  她少女时的那
  首玫瑰情诗
  曾在她婚礼中被咏唱,如今已经远去。
  此时我心悲伤:比较这两幅肖像,一幅显得
  神情愉悦,另一幅显得心事
  重重:一幅如同朝阳初升——另一幅则如迎面而来的阴郁
  黑夜。然而我的反应却显得非比寻常,
  因为当我看着她失去光泽的双唇,我心
  发出微笑,但看着那名微笑的少女,我的泪竟开始涌出。
  —艾米里·奈利根 (1879-1941)
  Vocabulary
  ● 1. portrait n. a painting, photograph, or drawing of sb. 画像;肖像
  It took only thirty minutes for the artist in the park to draw a portrait of Jerome.
  公园里的画家只花了30分钟,就完成了杰罗姆的画像。
  2. marble n. a kind of smooth, light-colored stone; usually used for statues or floors 大理石
  Nearly all of the surviving ancient Greek and Roman statues are made of marble.
  几乎所有保存至今的古希腊和古罗马雕像都是由大理石雕刻的。
  ● 3. fade v. to become less bright 失去光泽;褪色
  As the years went by, the deep blue color of Mary's favorite pair of jeans faded.
  随着时光流逝,玛丽最喜欢的那件深蓝色牛仔裤已褪了色。
  More Information
  1. dazzling adj. 璀璨的;耀眼的
  2. Venetian glass n. 威尼斯玻璃(以做工精美华丽而著称,可做成烛台、酒杯、灯盏、花瓶等精致用品)
  3. likeness n. 肖像;画像(正式说法)
  4. trench 4 n. 沟;渠(诗中指母亲额头上的纹痕)
  5. joy-radiant adj. 洋溢欢乐喜悦的(radiant 本意为发光的,容光焕发的,诗中用来指因欢乐而满面春风喜乐;而 care-heavy则指心事重重的样子)
  6. thick adj. (天空或夜色)阴霾的;深浓的(用来形容诗句中的 the coming on of night,意指夜色如毯子般浓烈地逼近)

adj.眼花缭乱的;耀眼的
  • The sky is clear and blue, the sunlight dazzling. 蔚蓝天空,阳光灿烂。
  • The light reflecting off the snow was dazzling. 雪的反光很刺眼。
v.凝视,盯,注视;n.凝视
  • Her cheeks grew hot beneath the gaze of so many eyes.在众目睽睽之下,她的脸红了。
  • He fixed his gaze on her.他凝视着她。
n.相像,相似(之处)
  • I think the painter has produced a very true likeness.我认为这位画家画得非常逼真。
  • She treasured the painted likeness of her son.她珍藏她儿子的画像。
n./v.(挖)沟,(挖)战壕
  • The soldiers recaptured their trench.兵士夺回了战壕。
  • The troops received orders to trench the outpost.部队接到命令在前哨周围筑壕加强防卫。
深沟,地沟( trench的名词复数 ); 战壕
  • life in the trenches 第一次世界大战期间的战壕生活
  • The troops stormed the enemy's trenches and fanned out across the fields. 部队猛攻敌人的战壕,并在田野上呈扇形散开。
n.额,脑门子;眉毛,眉脊
  • The years have set their mark on his brow.年岁在他的额上打下了印记。
  • He wiped the sweat from his brow with his hands.他用手擦去了额头上的汗。
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