【有声英语文学名著】英国病人 86
时间:2018-12-18 作者:英语课 分类:有声英语文学名著
英语课
A postcard. Neat handwriting fills the rectangle.
Half my days 1 cannot bear not to touch you.
The rest of the time I feel it doesn’t matter
if I ever see you again. It isn’t the morality,
it is how much you can bear.
No date, no name attached.
Sometimes when she is able to spend the night with him they are wakened by the three minarets 2 of the city beginning their prayers before dawn. He walks with her through the indigo 3 markets that lie between South Cairo and her home. The beautiful songs of faith enter the air like arrows, one minaret 1 answering another, as if passing on a rumour 4 of the two of them as they walk through the cold morning air, the smell of charcoal 5 and hemp 6 already making the air profound. Sinners in a holy city.
1 minaret
n.(回教寺院的)尖塔
- The minaret is 65 meters high,the second highest in the world.光塔高65米,高度位居世界第二。
- It stands on a high marble plinth with a minaret at each corner.整个建筑建立在一个高大的大理石底座上,每个角上都有一个尖塔。
2 minarets
n.(清真寺旁由报告祈祷时刻的人使用的)光塔( minaret的名词复数 )
- Remind you of a mosque, red baked bricks, the minarets. 红砖和尖塔都会使你联想到伊斯兰教的礼拜寺。 来自互联网
- These purchases usually went along with embellishments such as minarets. 这些购置通常也伴随着注入尖塔等的装饰。 来自互联网
3 indigo
n.靛青,靛蓝
- The sky was indigo blue,and a great many stars were shining.天空一片深蓝,闪烁着点点繁星。
- He slipped into an indigo tank.他滑落到蓝靛桶中。
4 rumour
n.谣言,谣传,传闻
- I should like to know who put that rumour about.我想知道是谁散布了那谣言。
- There has been a rumour mill on him for years.几年来,一直有谣言产生,对他进行中伤。