时间:2018-12-18 作者:英语课 分类:美国语文第五册


英语课

   When and where it matters not now to relate—but once upon a time, 究竟什么时间、地点,现在看来似乎无关紧要——姑且算是从前吧,


  as I was passing through a thinly peopled district of country, night came down upon me almost unawares. 当我走过一处人烟稀少的地区,不知不觉间,夜幕降临了。
  Being on foot, I could not hope to gain the village toward which my steps were directed, until a late hour; 由于步行,我不可能指望找到一处乡镇或村庄。又过了一个小时,
  and I therefore preferred seeking shelter and a night's lodging 1 at the first humble 2 dwelling 3 that presented itself. 我急切地想找处地方过夜,没别的,最先撞见的地方,无论怎样粗鄙简陋,对付一晚足矣。
  Dusky twilight 4 was giving place to deeper shadows, when I found myself in the vicinity of a dwelling, 昏暗灯火来自深不可测的黑暗,我突然发现附近有户人家,
  from the small uncurtained windows of which the light shone with a pleasant promise of good cheer and comfort. 从那扇光秃秃的窗口里,似乎感觉到灯火里透出喜悦的安详。
  The house stood within an inclosure, and a short distance from the road along which I was moving with wearied feet. 屋子四周有栅栏,离我走的路很近,那时,我可真是走得太累了。
  Turning aside, and passing through the ill-hung gate, I approached the dwelling. 走下路,跨过那扇歪扭的大门,我走向那处屋子。
  Slowly the gate swung on its wooden hinges,  大门在木质铰链上慢慢晃动,
  and the rattle 5 of its latch 6, in closing, did not disturb the air until I had nearly reached the porch in front of the house, 门闩的吱呀声悄无声息,直到最后关门才发出轻微声响。待我走到房前走廊时,
  in which a slender girl, who had noticed my entrance, stood awaiting my arrival. 才看到一位身材修长的姑娘站在那里,显然,刚才她听到了我的脚步。
  A deep, quick bark answered, almost like an echo, the sound of the shutting gate, 门甫关上,旋即响起一声低沉的狗吠,
  and, sudden as an apparition 7, the form of an immense dog loomed 8 in the doorway 9. 一条体型硕大的狗幽灵般出现在我的身边。
  At the instant when he was about to spring, a light hand was laid upon his shaggy neck, and a low word spoken. 就在它立马扑过来的刹那,一只手轻轻搭在那只狗毛发蓬松的脖颈。
  "Go in, Tiger," said the girl, not in a voice of authority, yet in her gentle tones was the consciousness that she would be obeyed; “虎子,进去,”姑娘低声说道,声音并不威严,但温柔中含有不得不服从的暗示,
  and, as she spoke 10, she lightly bore upon the animal with her hand, and he turned away and disappeared within the dwelling. 与此同时,她轻轻地拍打那狗几下,于是那狗转身闪进屋内。

1 lodging
n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍
  • The bill is inclusive of the food and lodging. 账单包括吃、住费用。
  • Where can you find lodging for the night? 你今晚在哪里借宿?
2 humble
adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低
  • In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见,他将在选举中获胜。
  • Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。
3 dwelling
n.住宅,住所,寓所
  • Those two men are dwelling with us.那两个人跟我们住在一起。
  • He occupies a three-story dwelling place on the Park Street.他在派克街上有一幢3层楼的寓所。
4 twilight
n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期
  • Twilight merged into darkness.夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。
  • Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。
5 rattle
v.飞奔,碰响;激怒;n.碰撞声;拨浪鼓
  • The baby only shook the rattle and laughed and crowed.孩子只是摇着拨浪鼓,笑着叫着。
  • She could hear the rattle of the teacups.她听见茶具叮当响。
6 latch
n.门闩,窗闩;弹簧锁
  • She laid her hand on the latch of the door.她把手放在门闩上。
  • The repairman installed an iron latch on the door.修理工在门上安了铁门闩。
7 apparition
n.幽灵,神奇的现象
  • He saw the apparition of his dead wife.他看见了他亡妻的幽灵。
  • But the terror of this new apparition brought me to a stand.这新出现的幽灵吓得我站在那里一动也不敢动。
8 loomed
v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的过去式和过去分词 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近
  • A dark shape loomed up ahead of us. 一个黑糊糊的影子隐隐出现在我们的前面。
  • The prospect of war loomed large in everyone's mind. 战事将起的庞大阴影占据每个人的心。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 doorway
n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径
  • They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
  • Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。
10 spoke
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
学英语单词
-peat
Alverca
an animal disease prevention and treatment centre
aqueous vapour tension
Ardea herodius
arsenic and mercuric iodides solution
automatic data processing machines
automatic gas chromatograph
autosynchronous network
avasite
basketball game
batten board
beta-Fructofuranosidase
billstickers
Bjornesfjorden
bogolan
Breuchin
brine hardening
brise-soleils
building angle
button headed bolt
calls in arrear
cape verde escudoes
chrome-magnesite refractory
common factors
complexant for electroplating
compressor rotor
copper-rich
correlation recipient
culmann method
dip-sticks
disco-
ditheries
energy-trading
Enterolobium cyclocarpa
evening prayers
exception list
exhaustibility
extra exposure
factory lumber
fare-thee-wells
florakiss
flur
foramina Thebesii
frohntoclypeus
hedder
high speed flight
hyalommaasiaticum
Ignatius bean
in employment
inquiry on the protection of secrets
japanise
keoghan
law of electromagnetic system
lighting apparatus for vehicle
loanstar
m. szulgai infection
major river bed
mathematics department
mccart
mediated world
moulinettes
Mpaha
muco-complex substance
nzsas
one dollar one vote yardstick
one state
orlandini
perrico
platypusaries
popliteal notch
psalterian
pulse track circuit
Riemann metric
riser plate
rough-leaved asters
Sabin vaccine
serve in the army
showman's vehicle
signal plate
similarity index
Sivand
Skjeggedalsfoss
slanging matches
snap election
soas
sprious pulse
stahlton system
stair exit
standard price
steering knuckle case oil seal retainer
stemplots
symi
tearproof
tetracycline fluorescence
the Chicago School
timed acceleration
total deflection
trains
trodes
tropal
U.S. ton