精美英文欣赏:These Things Shall Never Die这些美好不会
时间：2019-01-02 作者：英语课 分类：精美英文欣赏
These Things Shall Never Die--Charles Dickens
The pure.the bright,the beautiful,
That stirred our hearts in youth,
The impulses to wordless prayer,
The dreams of love and truth;
The longing 1 after something's lost,
The striving after better hopes-
These things can never die.
The timid hand stretched forth 3 to aid
A brother in his need,
A kindly 4 word in grief's dark hour
That proves a friend indeed ;
The plea for mercy softly breathed,
When justice threatens nigh,
The sorrow of a contrite 5 heart-
These things shall never die.
Let nothing pass for every hand
Must find some work to do ;
Lose not a chance to waken love-
Be firm,and just ,and true;
So shall a light that cannot fade
Beam on thee from on high.
And angel voices say to thee---
These things shall never die.
这些美好不会消逝--查尔斯.狄更斯
一切纯洁的,辉煌的,美丽的,
强烈地震撼着我们年轻的心灵的,
推动着我们做无言的祷告的,
让我们梦想着爱与真理的;
在失去后为之感到珍惜的,
使灵魂深切地呼喊着的,
为了更美好的梦想而奋斗着的-
这些美好不会消逝。
羞怯地伸出援助的手，
在你的弟兄需要的时候，
伤恸、困难的时候，一句亲切的话
就足以证明朋友的真心；
轻声地乞求怜悯，
在审判临近的时候，
懊悔的心有一种伤感--
这些美好不会消逝。
在人间传递温情，
尽你所能地去做；
别错失去了唤醒爱的良机-----
为人要坚定，正直，忠诚；
因此上方照耀着你的那道光芒
就不会消失。
你将听到天使的声音在说-----
这些美好不会消逝。
1.stir v. 激起,惹起,搅和
例句：
Old memories stirred as she looked at the photographs.
她看到这些照片，唤起了对往事的回忆。
2.stretch v. 伸展,张开,延伸
例句：
She stretched across the table for the butter.
她探身去取放在餐桌对面的黄油。
3.mercy n. 怜悯,宽恕,仁慈
例句：
A monarch 6 has the prerogative 7 of mercy for criminals.
君主享有对罪犯的赦免权。
- Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
- His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。
- a yearning for a quiet life 对宁静生活的向往
- He felt a great yearning after his old job. 他对过去的工作有一种强烈的渴想。
- 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。
- Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
- A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。
- She was contrite the morning after her angry outburst.她发了一顿脾气之后一早上追悔莫及。
- She assumed a contrite expression.她装出一副后悔的表情。
- The monarch's role is purely ceremonial.君主纯粹是个礼仪职位。
- I think myself happier now than the greatest monarch upon earth.我觉得这个时候比世界上什么帝王都快乐。
- It is within his prerogative to do so.他是有权这样做的。
- Making such decisions is not the sole prerogative of managers.作这类决定并不是管理者的专有特权。