26．Asummer Day 夏 日
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：英语背诵文选第一册
26．Asummer Day
One day thirty years ago Marseilles lay in the burning sun. A blazing nonupon a fierce August day was no greater rarity in southern France thenthan at any other time before or since. Every-tiring in Marseiiles andabout Marseilles had stared at the fervid 1 sun, and been stared at in return,until a staring habit had become universal there. Strangers were staredout of countenance(1) by staring white houses, 8taring white streets,staring tracts 2 of arid 3 road, staring hills from which verdure was burntaway. The only things to be seen not fixedly 4 staring and glaring were thevines drooping 5 under their loads of grapes. These did occasionally winka little, u the hot air barely moved their faint leaves.
The universal stare made the eyes ache. Towards the distant blue(2) ofthe Italian coast, indeed, it was a little relieved by light clouds ofmist Slowly rising from the evaporation 6 of the sea, but it softened 7 nowhereelse. Far away the staring roads, deep in dust, stared from the hillside,stared from the hollow, stared from the interminable plain. Far away thedusty vines overhanging wayside cottages, and the monotonous waysideavenues of parched 8 trees without shade, dropped beneath the stare of earthand sky. So did the horses with drowsy bells, in long files of carts,creeping slowly towards the interior; so did their recumbent drivers, whenthey were awake, which rarely happened; so did the exhausted 9 laborers 10 inthe fields.(3) Every- thing that lived or grew was oppressed by the glare;except the lizard, passing swiftly over rough stone walls, and cicada,chirping its dry hot chirp 11, like a rattle 12. The very dust was scorched 13 brown,and something quivered in the atmosphere as if the air itself were panting.
Blinds, shutters, curtains ,awnings, were all closed and drawn to keepout the stare. Grant it but a chink or a keyhole, and it shot in like awhite-hot arrow.(4)
- He is a fervid orator.他是个慷慨激昂的演说者。
- He was a ready scholar as you are,but more fervid and impatient.他是一个聪明的学者，跟你一样，不过更加热情而缺乏耐心。
- vast tracts of forest 大片大片的森林
- There are tracts of desert in Australia. 澳大利亚有大片沙漠。
- These trees will shield off arid winds and protect the fields.这些树能挡住旱风,保护农田。
- There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。
- He stared fixedly at the woman in white. 他一直凝视着那穿白衣裳的女人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The great majority were silent and still, looking fixedly at the ground. 绝大部分的人都不闹不动，呆呆地望着地面。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
- Be careful not to lose too much liquid by evaporation.小心不要因蒸发失去太多水分。
- Our bodies can sweat,thereby losing heat by evaporation.我们的身体能出汗，由此可以蒸发散热。
- His smile softened slightly. 他的微笑稍柔和了些。
- The ice cream softened and began to melt. 冰淇淋开始变软并开始融化。
- Hot winds parched the crops.热风使庄稼干透了。
- The land in this region is rather dry and parched.这片土地十分干燥。
- It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
- Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。
- Laborers were trained to handle 50-ton compactors and giant cranes. 工人们接受操作五十吨压土机和巨型起重机的训练。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Wage-labour rests exclusively on competition between the laborers. 雇佣劳动完全是建立在工人的自相竞争之上的。 来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言
- The birds chirp merrily at the top of tree.鸟儿在枝头欢快地啾啾鸣唱。
- The sparrows chirp outside the window every morning.麻雀每天清晨在窗外嘁嘁喳喳地叫。
- The baby only shook the rattle and laughed and crowed.孩子只是摇着拨浪鼓，笑着叫着。
- She could hear the rattle of the teacups.她听见茶具叮当响。