第三册第2篇：乡村小学
时间：2018-12-28 作者：英语课 分类：陈冠商英语背诵文选合集
2 The Village School 乡村小学
By Charles Dickens
Little Nell looked round the room as she took her seat. There were a couple of forms, notched 1 and cut and inked all over; a small deal desk perched on four legs, at which no doubt the master sat, a few dog eared books upon a high shelf; and beside them a motley collection of peg-tops, balls, kites, fishing-lines, marbles, half-eaten apples, and other confiscated 2 property of idle unchins. Displayed on hooks upon the wall in all their terrors were the cane 3 and ruler; and near them, on a small shelf of its own, the dunce’s cap, made of old newspapers and decorated with glaring wafers of the largest size. But the greatest ornaments 4 of the walls were certain moral sentences fainly copied in good round text, and well-worded sums in simple addition and multiplication 5, evidently achieved by the same hand, which were plentifully 6 pasted all around the room for the double purpose, as it seemed, of bearing testimony 7 to the excellence 8 of the school and kindling 9 a worthy 10 emulation 11 in the bosoms 12 of the scholars.
As the schoolmaster, after arranging the two forms in due order, took his seat behind his desk, and made other preparations for school, Nell was apprehensive 13 that she might be in the way, and offered to withdraw to her little bedroom. But this he would not allow, and, as he seemed pleased to have here there, she remained, busying herself with her knitting.
A small white-headed boy with a sunburst face appeared at the door while the schoolmaster was speaking, and stopping there to make a rustic 14 bow, came, in, and took his seat upon one of the forms. The white-hearded boy put an open book, astonishingly dog-eared, upon his knees, and thrusting his hands into his pockets began counting the marbles with wich they were filled, displaying in the expression of his face a remarkable 15 capacity of totally abstracting his mind from the spelling on which his eye…. Soon afterwards another white-headed boy came straggling in, and after him a red-headed lad, and after him two more with white heads, and then one with a flaxen poll, and so on until the forms were occupied by a dozen boys or thereabouts, with heads of every color but gray, and ranging in their ages from four years old to fourteen or more; for the legs of the youngest were a long way from the floor when he sat upon the form, and the eldest 16 was a good-tempered fellow, about half a head taller than the schoolmaster.
- Torino notched up a 2-1 win at Lazio. 都灵队以2 比1 赢了拉齐奧队。
- He notched up ten points in the first five minutes of the game. 他在比赛开始后的五分钟里得了十分。
- Their land was confiscated after the war. 他们的土地在战后被没收。
- The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。
- This sugar cane is quite a sweet and juicy.这甘蔗既甜又多汁。
- English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.英国小学老师过去常用教鞭打男学生作为惩罚。
- The shelves were chock-a-block with ornaments. 架子上堆满了装饰品。
- Playing the piano sets up resonance in those glass ornaments. 一弹钢琴那些玻璃饰物就会产生共振。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Our teacher used to drum our multiplication tables into us.我们老师过去老是让我们反覆背诵乘法表。
- The multiplication of numbers has made our club building too small.会员的增加使得我们的俱乐部拥挤不堪。
- The visitors were plentifully supplied with food and drink. 给来宾准备了丰富的食物和饮料。
- The oil flowed plentifully at first, but soon ran out. 起初石油大量涌出，但很快就枯竭了。
- The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
- He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。
- His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
- My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。
- I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
- There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。
- The young man worked hard in emulation of his famous father.这位年轻人努力工作，要迎头赶上他出名的父亲。
- His spirit of assiduous study is worthy of emulation.他刻苦钻研的精神，值得效法。
- How beautifully gold brooches glitter on the bosoms of our patriotic women! 金光闪闪的别针佩在我国爱国妇女的胸前，多美呀！
- Let us seek out some desolate shade, and there weep our sad bosoms empty. 我们寻个僻静的地方，去痛哭一场吧。
- She was deeply apprehensive about her future.她对未来感到非常担心。
- He was rather apprehensive of failure.他相当害怕失败。
- It was nearly seven months of leisurely rustic living before Michael felt real boredom.这种悠闲的乡村生活过了差不多七个月之后,迈克尔开始感到烦闷。
- We hoped the fresh air and rustic atmosphere would help him adjust.我们希望新鲜的空气和乡村的氛围能帮他调整自己。
- She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
- These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。