美国语文第六册 第250期:对死亡的见解(1)

LESSON 75 THANATOPSIS

第七十五课 对死亡的见解

To him who in the love of nature holds communion with her visible forms, she speaks a various language;

对他，这个热爱大自然而且同她的可见形体有交流的人，她用变化多端的语言倾诉；

for his gayer hours she has a voice of gladness, and a smile and eloquence¹ of beauty;

在他快乐的几个钟头里她声音里流淌出愉快，浅笑盈盈，讲得那般优美动听；

and she glides² into his darker musings, with a mild and healing sympathy, that steals away their sharpness, ere he is aware.

当他苦思冥想时，她飘然而至，在他意识到之前，以能够疗伤治痛的温婉同情，悄悄带走他们的伤痛。

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When thoughts of the last bitter hour come like a blight³ over thy spirit, and sad images of the stern agony, and shroud⁴, and pall⁵,

当弥留之际的凄楚像一场枯萎病弥漫你的内心，在你眼前浮现的是悲惨的情景：极度痛苦、裹尸布、棺罩，

and breathless darkness, and the narrow house, make thee to shudder⁶, and grow sick at heart;

死寂的黑暗，还有狭窄的墓室，这一切使你战栗，愈发心悸；

go forth⁷, under the open sky, and list to nature's teachings, while from all around earth and her waters, and the depths of air, comes a still voice.

去吧，到空旷的天空下聆听大自然的教诲，而四面八方——大地和水中，以及大气的深处传来寂静的声音。

1 eloquence   

n.雄辩；口才，修辞

参考例句：

• I am afraid my eloquence did not avail against the facts.恐怕我的雄辩也无补于事实了。
• The people were charmed by his eloquence.人们被他的口才迷住了。

2 glides   

n.滑行( glide的名词复数 )；滑音；音渡；过渡音v.滑动( glide的第三人称单数 )；掠过；（鸟或飞机 ） 滑翔

参考例句：

• The new dance consists of a series of glides. 这种新舞蹈中有一连串的滑步。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The stately swan glides gracefully on the pond. 天鹅在池面上优美地游动。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 blight   

n.枯萎病；造成破坏的因素；vt.破坏，摧残

参考例句：

• The apple crop was wiped out by blight.枯萎病使苹果全无收成。
• There is a blight on all his efforts.他的一切努力都遭到挫折。

4 shroud   

n.裹尸布，寿衣；罩，幕；vt.覆盖，隐藏

参考例句：

• His past was enveloped in a shroud of mystery.他的过去被裹上一层神秘色彩。
• How can I do under shroud of a dark sky?在黑暗的天空的笼罩下，我该怎么做呢？

5 pall   

v.覆盖，使平淡无味；n.柩衣，棺罩；棺材；帷幕

参考例句：

• Already the allure of meals in restaurants had begun to pall.饭店里的饭菜已经不像以前那样诱人。
• I find his books begin to pall on me after a while.我发觉他的书读过一阵子就开始对我失去吸引力。

6 shudder   

v.战粟，震动，剧烈地摇晃；n.战粟，抖动

参考例句：

• The sight of the coffin sent a shudder through him.看到那副棺材，他浑身一阵战栗。
• We all shudder at the thought of the dreadful dirty place.我们一想到那可怕的肮脏地方就浑身战惊。

7 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。