万花筒 2008-05-13&-05-14

Beyond still standing¹ blades lies others pushed in a perfect pattern.

“I don’t know whether it’s man-made or not”

It’s the second Monroe County crop circle in 2 years, these lines and curves appeared in Johnnie Helm’s 50-acre wheat field Monday morning, “I did hear nothing , and I am not deaf right now“.

 Her neighbor, Jean Merrell, first spotted² the bend blades.

“I Always look out the window, you know, I looked at that, and I thought,  my gosh!, what’s in that field, what’s happened?”

Though what you can’t see, crushed crop form a triangle at each corner  a parallels circles, but how and who wilted³ the wheat a crop quandary⁴?

“I really don’t think it’s man-made, I don’t believe man can do that, that quick and get everything so perfect”

These thin lines are the only paths in and out of the corps⁵ circle. Helm says they are from the corps’ fertilization and they’ve been here months. The new field phenomenon, less than a half mile from the last May’s crop circle, just outside the Madison field, investigators⁶ ruled that designs "non-manmade". Crop circle researchers came to investigate last year’s design and as for this one they wanna come back.

“When they detect them, they’re very careful, cos I've talked to the men that I rarely told ”

For now, the rows of curved crops inspire, “I think it’s something fantastic, myself…”not scared

“If it’s aliens, I want them to come and get me”

“Are you going to put up a fight if they come?”

“No”

“Why not?”

“I’ll talk to them”

“What if you don’t’ speak alien?”

“Well, They’d better speak English”

And Helm wants to know --Why her backyard?

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wilt——To cause to droop⁷ or lose freshness.

 

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

3 wilted   

（使）凋谢，枯萎( wilt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The flowers wilted in the hot sun. 花在烈日下枯萎了。
• The romance blossomed for six or seven months, and then wilted. 那罗曼史持续六七个月之后就告吹了。

4 quandary   

n.困惑，进迟两难之境

参考例句：

• I was in a quandary about whether to go.我当时正犹豫到底去不去。
• I was put in a great quandary.我陷于进退两难的窘境。

5 corps   

n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组

参考例句：

• The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

6 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 droop   

v.低垂，下垂；凋萎，萎靡

参考例句：

• The heavy snow made the branches droop.大雪使树枝垂下来。
• Don't let your spirits droop.不要萎靡不振。