智慧人生篇章 第8期:春回大地

 　　In the front gardens, even in the rain, I notice the first signs of spring and the greyness of winter giving way to small yellow white and purple flowers. Spring is rising in all the animals which include us humans. So we smile good mornings to our neighbours and put out food for our fellow creatures. I try to save some small spiders who’ve climbed up the water pipes into my bath. I manoeuvre² them with my flannel³ out of the danger zone and put nourishing cake crumbs⁴ before them, which terrifies them! Nature isn't always red in tooth and claw. I remember how birds clean crocodiles' teeth in the Nile, and the orphaned⁵ animals and birds in the Siberian forests who are adopted into the dens¹ and nests of other creatures even other species as Kropotkin witnessed. And I suddenly pray to God not asking for anything, just to thank him for the wonder of waking up in spring which the rabbis called the little resurrection.

　　即使在雨中，我也能从花园前感受到春回大地的气息，黄黄紫紫的小花取代了冬天那暗沉沉的色调。所有动物，包括我们人类，都能感受到春的临近。因此我们微笑着向邻居们道早安，给小动物们喂食。我想救几只顺着水暖管道爬进我家浴室的小蜘蛛。我用我的法兰绒裤子把它们挪出了危险地带，还在它们面前放了点面包屑，这可把它们吓坏了。大自然并不只有尖牙利爪的血腥。我记得尼罗河上的鸟给鳄鱼清洁牙齿。Kropotkin说，在西伯利亚的丛林里，失沽的幼兽和幼鸟会被同类甚至异类收养。我突然很想向上帝祷告，我无所求，只是想感谢他创造了春天万物苏醒的神奇，拉比称之为复活。

1 dens   

n.牙齿，齿状部分；兽窝( den的名词复数 )；窝点；休息室；书斋

参考例句：

• Female bears tend to line their dens with leaves or grass. 母熊往往会在洞穴里垫些树叶或草。 来自辞典例句
• In winter bears usually hibernate in their dens. 冬天熊通常在穴里冬眠。 来自辞典例句

2 manoeuvre   

n.策略，调动；v.用策略，调动

参考例句：

• Her withdrawal from the contest was a tactical manoeuvre.她退出比赛是一个战术策略。
• The clutter of ships had little room to manoeuvre.船只橫七竖八地挤在一起，几乎没有多少移动的空间。

3 flannel   

n.法兰绒；法兰绒衣服

参考例句：

• She always wears a grey flannel trousers.她总是穿一条灰色法兰绒长裤。
• She was looking luscious in a flannel shirt.她穿着法兰绒裙子，看上去楚楚动人。

4 crumbs   

int. (表示惊讶)哎呀 n. 碎屑 名词crumb的复数形式

参考例句：

• She stood up and brushed the crumbs from her sweater. 她站起身掸掉了毛衣上的面包屑。
• Oh crumbs! Is that the time? 啊，天哪！都这会儿啦？

5 orphaned   

[计][修]孤立

参考例句：

• Orphaned children were consigned to institutions. 孤儿都打发到了福利院。
• He was orphaned at an early age. 他幼年时便成了孤儿。