美国语文第五册 第293期:野鸽过客(2)
时间：2019-02-13 作者：英语课 分类：美国语文第五册
英语课
Whilst waiting for dinner at Young’s inn, at the confluence 1 of Salt River with the Ohio, 在当地青年旅馆就餐前的闲暇期间，在盐湖与俄亥俄州一处接壤地带，
I saw, at my leisure, immense legions still going by, with a front reaching far beyond the Ohio on the west, 我看到黑云压顶的庞大鸽群军团大军压境般飞扑涌来。野鸽队伍前列早已长驱直入俄亥俄州西部，
and the beech 2 wood forests directly on the east of me. 恰好抵达我所在位置东面的榉木森林。
Not a single bird alighted, for not a nut or acorn 3 was that year to be seen in the neighborhood. 今年，就在周边地区，我观察到没有一只鸟儿落地不是为了觅食坚果或是橡果，
They consequently flew so high that different trials to reach them with a capital rifle proved ineffectual; 但这些野鸽通常飞得很高，哪怕想方设法，甚至用最好的步枪猎杀也是徒劳无益，
nor did the reports disturb them in the least. 至于枪声干扰更是毫不奏效。
I can not describe to you the extreme beauty of their aerial evolutions when a hawk 4 chanced to press upon the rear of a flock. 实在无法描述野鸽群空中队列变化的奇异壮观。我碰巧看见一只老鹰逼近鸽群尾部，
At once, like a torrent 5, and with a noise like thunder, they rushed into a compact mass, pressing upon each other towards the center. 旋即，鸽群翻卷起一道狂涌气流，嘶鸣如雷，巨型队列迅速麇集成团，一只只叠起翅翼向中心靠拢，整个鸽群急遽地掠过空中；
In these almost solid masses, they darted 6 forward in undulating and angular lines, 那排列齐整、棱角分明的队形波浪起伏，
descended 7 and swept close over the earth with inconceivable velocity 8, mounted perpendicularly 9 so as to resemble a vast column, 以迅雷不及掩耳之势，时而俯冲直下，时而横扫而过，时而扶摇直上，犹如庞大柱体径直腾空而起。
and, when high, were seen wheeling and twisting within their continued lines, which then resembled the coils of a gigantic serpent. 它们不停地翻扭旋转，连绵不断地幻变组合队形，偌大天空中整齐划一的凌空翱翔，犹如一条巨龙倒海翻江。
As soon as the pigeons discover a sufficiency of food to entice 10 them to alight, they fly round in circles, reviewing the country below. 每当鸽群发现可引诱其降落的充足食物，它们便在天空盘旋不停，观察地面动静。
n.汇合，聚集
- They built the city at the confluence of two rivers.他们建造了城市的汇合两条河流。
- The whole DV movements actually was a confluence of several trends.整个当时的DV运动，实际上是几股潮流的同谋。
n.山毛榉；adj.山毛榉的
- Autumn is the time to see the beech woods in all their glory.秋天是观赏山毛榉林的最佳时期。
- Exasperated,he leaped the stream,and strode towards beech clump.他满腔恼怒，跳过小河，大踏步向毛榉林子走去。
n.橡实，橡子
- The oak is implicit in the acorn.橡树孕育于橡子之中。
- The tree grew from a small acorn.橡树从一粒小橡子生长而来。
n.鹰，骗子；鹰派成员
- The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
- The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.老鹰叼了小鸡就飞走了。
n.激流，洪流；爆发，(话语等的)连发
- The torrent scoured a channel down the hillside. 急流沿着山坡冲出了一条沟。
- Her pent-up anger was released in a torrent of words.她压抑的愤怒以滔滔不绝的话爆发了出来。
v.投掷，投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 )；向前冲，飞奔
- The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect. 蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me. 老人不高兴了，瞪了我一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
a.为...后裔的，出身于...的
- A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
- The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
n.速度，速率
- Einstein's theory links energy with mass and velocity of light.爱因斯坦的理论把能量同质量和光速联系起来。
- The velocity of light is about 300000 kilometres per second.光速约为每秒300000公里。
adv. 垂直地, 笔直地, 纵向地
- Fray's forehead was wrinkled both perpendicularly and crosswise. 弗雷的前额上纹路纵横。
- Automatic resquaring feature insures nozzle is perpendicularly to the part being cut. 自动垂直功能，可以确保刀头回到与工件完全垂直的位置去切割。