跟希哥学英语 第100期:十月的黎明

 　　October Dawn

　　October is marigold, and yet

　　A glass half full of wine left out

　　To the dark heaven all night, by dawn

　　Has dreamed a premonition

　　Of ice across its eye as if

　　The ice-age had begun its heave.

　　The lawn overtrodden and strewn

　　From the night before, and the whistling green

　　Shrubbery are doomed¹. Ice

　　Has got its spearhead into place.

　　First a skin, delicately here

　　Restraining a ripple² from the air,

　　Soom plate and rivet³ on pond and brook⁴;

　　Then tons of chain and massive lock

　　To hold rivers. Then, sound by sight

　　Will Mammoth⁵ and Sabre-toothed celebrate

　　Reunion while a fist of cold

　　Squeezes the fire at the core of the world,

　　Squeezes the fire at the core of the heart,

　　And now it is about to start.

1 doomed   

命定的

参考例句：

• The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
• A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。

2 ripple   

n.涟波，涟漪，波纹，粗钢梳；vt.使...起涟漪，使起波纹； vi.呈波浪状，起伏前进

参考例句：

• The pebble made a ripple on the surface of the lake.石子在湖面上激起一个涟漪。
• The small ripple split upon the beach.小小的涟漪卷来，碎在沙滩上。

3 rivet   

n.铆钉；vt.铆接，铆牢；集中(目光或注意力)

参考例句：

• They were taught how to bore rivet holes in the sides of ships.有人教他们如何在船的舷侧钻铆孔。
• The rivet heads are in good condition and without abrasion.铆钉钉头状况良好，并无过度磨损。

4 brook   

n.小河，溪；v.忍受，容让

参考例句：

• In our room we could hear the murmur of a distant brook.在我们房间能听到远处小溪汩汩的流水声。
• The brook trickled through the valley.小溪涓涓流过峡谷。

5 mammoth   

n.长毛象；adj.长毛象似的，巨大的

参考例句：

• You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there.资金到位的情况下方可进行重大变革。
• Building the new railroad will be a mammoth job.修建那条新铁路将是一项巨大工程。