时间:2019-02-03 作者:英语课 分类:英语背诵文选第一册


英语课

29The  Angler


 


  How comforting it is to see a cheerful and contented 1 old age; and to beholda poor fellow, like this, after being tempest-tost through life, safelymoored  in  a  snug  and  quiet  harbour  in  the  evening  of  his  days  !  Hishappiness, how- ever, sprung from within himself, and was independent ofexternal circumstances; for he had that inexhaustible good-nature, whichis the most precious gift of Heaven, spreading itself like oil over  thetroubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable  in  theroughest  weather.

On inquiring further about him I learned that he was a universal favoritein  the  village,  and  the  oracle  of  the  tap-  room;  where  he  delighted  therustics with his songs(1), and, like Sindbad(2), astonished them with hisstories  of  strange  lands,  and  shipwrecks,  and  sea-fights.  He  was  muchnoticed too by gentlemen sportsmen of the neighborhood; had taught severalof  them  the  art  of  angling;  and  was  a  privileged  visitor  to  theirkitchens(3). The whole tenor 2 of his life was quiet and inoffensive, beingprincipally  passed  about  the  neighboring  streams,  when  the  weather  andseason were favorable; and at other times he employed himself at home(4),preparing his fishing tackle for the next campaign(5), or manufacturingrods,  nets,  and  flies(6),  for  his  patrons  and  pupils  among  the  gentry 3.



adj.满意的,安心的,知足的
  • He won't be contented until he's upset everyone in the office.不把办公室里的每个人弄得心烦意乱他就不会满足。
  • The people are making a good living and are contented,each in his station.人民安居乐业。
n.男高音(歌手),次中音(乐器),要旨,大意
  • The tenor of his speech was that war would come.他讲话的大意是战争将要发生。
  • The four parts in singing are soprano,alto,tenor and bass.唱歌的四个声部是女高音、女低音、男高音和男低音。
n.绅士阶级,上层阶级
  • Landed income was the true measure of the gentry.来自土地的收入是衡量是否士绅阶层的真正标准。
  • Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry.宁做自由民之首,不居贵族之末。
学英语单词
a BBE
acute catarrhal appendicitis
addendum modification of wormwheel
alsoes
amplification pixel
astronomies
autotransfusions
avalanche prevention works
ayn al bayda
belli
blowing my mind
boatswain-birds
burladero
bursting disc
case erector
cavagna
collecting society
colloidoclastic crisis
corniche
cot opener
cylinder head water outlet gasket
Dictyosiphonales
duodecane
ease of money
endogenic process
engraving-machine
ethylamine urate
explosion proof fan
extraterrestrial solar radiation
flowing gas factor
flukiest
foglio
forbearer
format macros
ghas
glairy
group manifold
had money to burn
harmoniphon
hoboglyph
Horrocks' maieutic
housephone
jesners
Koluszki
labourious
lebruns
li yuan
linzer torte
lionfish
Little Bahama Bk.
M-T
mallock
Manetti
maturity amount
medicommissures
mobilio
mother fucka
Moysaicall
muscular tongue
nasal canthuss
network motif
New Egyptian
noduli tuberculosum
non-storability
non-substantial calibration
obstruction-of-justice
Partaloa
Peruvian bark
plant-life
pleural fremitus
pseudo-emulsion
psychological primary
Q-spoiled
quay trial
radar-reflecting target
radiation-type pyrometer
rank of switches
rap full
refuelling tube
regiones zygomatica
ride out
ring in the new
saidar
sajicas
sectional shape
shipowners'association
show biz
single-ended wrench
sipress
spectrum of graph
surface location survey
tint screen
tunnage
two drum winder
typical large compartment cage
uncowled
under someone's heel
unloading pressure relay
us mud
vertical accelerometer
Volemys
Ylihärmä