温馨夜读 PART1 12 If So For Birds, Why Not For Man？鸟儿尚且如此，何况人呢？
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[00:01.30]If So For Birds, Why Not For Man？鸟儿尚且如此，何况人呢？
[00:12.02]This is a true story.
[00:13.77]It was on a winter morning, near Oxford 1, Maryland,
[00:17.22]that a friend of mine set the breakfast table beside the huge window,
[00:21.98]which overlooked the Tred Avon River.
[00:24.60]Across the river, beyond the dock, the snow laced the rim 2 of the shore in white.
[00:29.85]For a moment she stood quietly, looking at what the night’s storm had painted.
[00:34.99]Suddenly she leaned forward and peered close to the frosted window.
[00:39.59]“It really is true，” she cried out loud. “There is a goose out there.”
[00:45.39]She saw a large Canadian goose, very still,
[00:49.37]its wings folded tight to its sides, its feet frozen to the ice.
[00:54.79]Then from the dark skies, she saw a line of swans.
[00:59.18]They moved in their own singular formation, graceful 3, intrepid 4, and free.
[01:04.65]Suddenly they floated from the top of the sky downward
[01:09.14]and at last surrounded the frozen goose.
[01:11.64]Seeing this, my friend feared what life it still had
[01:15.71]might be pecked out by those great swan bills.
[01:18.87]Instead, amazingly, those bills began to work on the ice.
[01:24.67]At last, the goose was rimmed 5 by a narrow margin 6 of ice instead of the entire creek 7.
[01:30.46]The swans rose again, hovered 8 in a circle, awaiting the results of their labors 9.
[01:36.26]The goose’s head lifted. Its body pulled.
[01:39.55]Then the goose was free and standing 10 on the ice.
[01:42.83]But it seemed not be able to fly. Later, four of the swans came down around it.
[01:49.83]Their powerful beaks 11 scraped the goose’s wings
[01:53.02]from top to bottom and rode up its body,
[01:55.73]chipping off the ice held in the feathers.
[01:58.58]The goose spread its wings as far as they would go.
[02:02.74]When at last the wings reached their fullest,
[02:06.74]the four swans took off and joined the hovering 12 group.
[02:10.29]They resumed flying in perfect formation, to their secret destination.
[02:15.21]Behind them, rising with incredible speed and joy, the goose moved into the sky.
[02:21.99]It followed them, flapping double time, until it caught up,
[02:26.24]until it joined the last end of the elegant line.
[02:29.54]My friend was deeply moved with tears running down her cheeks.
[02:34.36]Even birds give a hand to those in trouble.
[02:37.53]I just often think of this story in the bad moments and tell myself,
[02:42.36]“If so for birds, why not for man？”
- At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
- This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。
- The water was even with the rim of the basin.盆里的水与盆边平齐了。
- She looked at him over the rim of her glass.她的目光越过玻璃杯的边沿看着他。
- 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。
- He is not really satisfied with his intrepid action.他没有真正满意他的无畏行动。
- John's intrepid personality made him a good choice for team leader.约翰勇敢的个性适合作领导工作。
- Gold rimmed spectacles bit deep into the bridge of his nose. 金边眼镜深深嵌入他的鼻梁。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Trees rimmed the pool. 水池的四周树木环绕。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
- People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。
- A hawk hovered over the hill. 一只鹰在小山的上空翱翔。
- A hawk hovered in the blue sky. 一只老鹰在蓝色的天空中翱翔。
- He was tiresome in contending for the value of his own labors. 他老为他自己劳动的价值而争强斗胜，令人生厌。 来自辞典例句
- Farm labors used to hire themselves out for the summer. 农业劳动者夏季常去当雇工。 来自辞典例句
- 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。