【双语有声阅读】日出前的一小时 An Hour before Sunrise

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 An Hour before Sunrise

日出前的一小时

An hour before sunrise in the city there is all air of cold, solitary¹ desolation about the noiseless streets, which we are accustomed to see thronged² at other times by a busy, eager crowd, and over the quiet, closely shut buildings which throughout the day are swarming³ with life. The drunken, the dissipated, and tile criminal have disappeared; the more sober and orderly part of the population have not yet awakened⁴ to the labors⁵ of the day, and the stillness of death is over the streets; its very hue⁶ seems to be imparted to them, cold and lifeless as they look in the gray, somber⁷ light of day- break. A partially⁸ opened bedroom window here and there bespeaks⁹ the heat of the weather and the uneasy slumbers¹⁰ of its occupant; and the dim scanty¹¹ flicker¹² of a light through the blinds of yonder windows denotes the chamber¹³ of watching and sickness. Save for that sad light, the streets present no signs of life, nor the houses of habitation.

日出前的一小时，城里一片冷清和孤寂，我们惯于看到的在一日中其他时刻挤满匆忙人群的大街变得空荡荡、静悄悄，整天人来人往，活动频繁的房屋，此刻门户紧闭，寂静无声。醉鬼，放荡者、犯罪分子都不见了，居民中比较循规蹈矩，持重沉着的人们还没有醒来开始他们一天的工作，大街死一般地寂静，似乎也染上了死一般的色彩，在拂晓阴沉、灰暗的光线里显得冷清而毫无生气。到处都有一扇扇半开半掩的卧室窗户，表明天气炎热，屋主人睡眠不宁，那边百叶窗里透露出摇曳的微光，表明那房间里有人卧病或守夜。除了那忧郁的灯光，街上一片死寂，住房里也没有人活动的迹象。

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