美国小学英语教材5:第40课 航空邮件

 　　AIR MAIL 航空邮件

　　Gordon Hillman 作者：戈登·希尔曼

　　Every night when the clock strikes eight 每天晚上时钟敲过8点

　　And the stars are out and it’s very late, 满天星辰，天色已晚，

　　And the moon is dim in the western sky 西边的月亮模糊黯淡

　　I watch to see the mail go by. 我看着从此经过的邮航。

　　You can hear it whirring over the hill 太阳落山、风儿不声不响

　　When the sun has set and the wind is still, 你可以听到它飞过山岗，

　　And if you are looking straight overhead 如果你直接抬头看

　　You see its lights all green and red. 还可以看到它的红绿灯亮闪闪。

　　And its motor plays a little tune¹ 马达把凯歌高唱

　　As a shadow swoops² across the moon 一道暗影冲过月亮，

　　Just beneath the stars and across the sky, 就在星空下方

　　I watch the mail go roaring by. 轰隆隆飞过的就是邮航。

1 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

2 swoops   

猛扑，突然下降( swoop的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He fixes his eyes on the greyish spine of the old wolf as he swoops down. 他两眼死死盯住老狼灰黑的脊背。 来自汉英文学 - 现代散文
• An owl swoops from the ridge top, noiseless but as flame. 蓦地，山脊上一只夜枭飞扑直下，悄无声响而赫然如一道火光。