08-August
时间：2019-02-02 作者：英语课 分类：摘取梦想的启蒙星
August (Excerpt)
by Charles Dickens
There is no month in the whole year, in which nature wears a more
beautiful appearance than in the month of August. Spring has many
beauties, and May is a fresh and blooming month, but the charms of
this time of year are enhanced1) by their contrast with the winter
season. August has no such advantage. It comes when we remember
nothing but clear skies, green fields, and sweet-smelling flowers—
when the recollection2) of snow, and ice, and bleak3) winds, has
faded from our minds as completely as they have disappeared from the
earth — and yet what a pleasant time it is! Orchards 2 and
cornfields4) ring with the hum of labours; trees bend beneath the
thick clusters of rich fruit which bow their branches to the ground;
and the corn5), piled in graceful 3 sheaves, or waving in every light
breath that sweeps above it, as if it wooed6) the sickle7), tinges8)
the landscape with a golden hue9). A mellow 7 softness appears to hang
over the whole earth; the influence of the season seems to extend
itself to the very wagon 8, whose slow motion across the well-reaped
field, is perceptible10) only to the eye, but strikes with no harsh
sound upon the ear.
注释
1) enhance [In5hB:ns] vt. 提高, 增强
2) recollection [7rekE5lekFEn] n. 回忆, 记忆, 回想
3) bleak 1 [bli:k] adj. 寒冷的，阴郁的
4) cornfield [5kR:nfi:ld] n. <英>小麦田，<美>玉米田
5) corn [kC:n] n. <英>谷物, <美>玉米,
6) woo [wu:] v. 求爱，招致
10) perceptible [pE5septEbl] adj. 可察觉的, 显而易见的, 感觉得到的
八月之美(节选)
文：查尔斯•狄更斯
一年之中，没有任何一个月份的自然风光比得过八月的风采。春天美不胜收，
而五月也是一个明媚清新、繁花似锦的月份，但这些时节的魅力是由于与冬天
的对比而增强的。八月没有这样的优势。它来的时候，我们只记得明朗的天空
、碧绿的田野，还有芳香四溢的花朵——记忆中的冰雪、刺骨的寒风都已完全
从我们的脑海中消逝，就仿佛它们在地球上了无踪迹——然而八月是多么令人
惬意的季节啊！果园和麦田到处都充溢着忙碌劳作的声响；串串果实压得果树
都弯下了腰，枝条低垂到地面；还有谷穗，有的一捆捆优雅地堆挤在一起，有
的迎风招展，仿佛在向镰刀求爱，它们给周围的景致染上了一层金黄的色调；
整个大地似乎笼罩在醇香柔和的气氛中；这秋季的气氛似乎也影响了那些马车
，只有眼睛可以察觉到它们穿过收割过的田野缓慢移动，但耳旁却寂静无声。
- They showed me into a bleak waiting room.他们引我来到一间阴冷的会客室。
- The company's prospects look pretty bleak.这家公司的前景异常暗淡。
- They turned the hills into orchards and plains into granaries. 他们把山坡变成了果园，把平地变成了粮仓。
- Some of the new planted apple orchards have also begun to bear. 有些新开的苹果园也开始结苹果了。
- 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。
- The gardener was swishing off the tops of weeds with a sickle.园丁正在用镰刀嗖嗖地割掉杂草的顶端。
- There is a picture of the sickle on the flag. 旗帜上有镰刀的图案。
- The maple leaves are tinge with autumn red.枫叶染上了秋天的红色。
- There was a tinge of sadness in her voice.她声音中流露出一丝忧伤。
- 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。
- These apples are mellow at this time of year.每年这时节，苹果就熟透了。
- The colours become mellow as the sun went down.当太阳落山时，色彩变得柔和了。