时间:2019-02-03 作者:英语课 分类:英语背诵文选第一册


英语课

29The  Angler


 


  How comforting it is to see a cheerful and contented 1 old age; and to beholda poor fellow, like this, after being tempest-tost through life, safelymoored  in  a  snug  and  quiet  harbour  in  the  evening  of  his  days  !  Hishappiness, how- ever, sprung from within himself, and was independent ofexternal circumstances; for he had that inexhaustible good-nature, whichis the most precious gift of Heaven, spreading itself like oil over  thetroubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable  in  theroughest  weather.

On inquiring further about him I learned that he was a universal favoritein  the  village,  and  the  oracle  of  the  tap-  room;  where  he  delighted  therustics with his songs(1), and, like Sindbad(2), astonished them with hisstories  of  strange  lands,  and  shipwrecks,  and  sea-fights.  He  was  muchnoticed too by gentlemen sportsmen of the neighborhood; had taught severalof  them  the  art  of  angling;  and  was  a  privileged  visitor  to  theirkitchens(3). The whole tenor 2 of his life was quiet and inoffensive, beingprincipally  passed  about  the  neighboring  streams,  when  the  weather  andseason were favorable; and at other times he employed himself at home(4),preparing his fishing tackle for the next campaign(5), or manufacturingrods,  nets,  and  flies(6),  for  his  patrons  and  pupils  among  the  gentry 3.



adj.满意的,安心的,知足的
  • He won't be contented until he's upset everyone in the office.不把办公室里的每个人弄得心烦意乱他就不会满足。
  • The people are making a good living and are contented,each in his station.人民安居乐业。
n.男高音(歌手),次中音(乐器),要旨,大意
  • The tenor of his speech was that war would come.他讲话的大意是战争将要发生。
  • The four parts in singing are soprano,alto,tenor and bass.唱歌的四个声部是女高音、女低音、男高音和男低音。
n.绅士阶级,上层阶级
  • Landed income was the true measure of the gentry.来自土地的收入是衡量是否士绅阶层的真正标准。
  • Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry.宁做自由民之首,不居贵族之末。
学英语单词
acylsphingosine
alter table
amyleine
aphodius (paulianellus) maderi
asset accounting
attak
biddikil
Bouchemaine
bucket lifter
cerium materials/devices
chemical antioxidant
closed shops
cloth finishing mop
communication test console
contra-type bossing
control command data
control-panel
cost- benefit approach
d'arby
deddendum circle
denitrifying bacteria
dimestigate
down-faulted
drainage passage
dynamic capabilities
Ehrlich's side-chain theory
enriched fraction
euphorscopin
fifty-five-gallon
free hand curve fitting
frequency content of picture signal
full grain leather
gaseous star
Gastro-Test
genus
genus Lachnolaimus
greenmantle
guild socialism
hair-style
heather voles
heptadecanoate
heterogeneous reactor
heterolipid
HKND
hour circles
HPPI
hypothecators
in-flights
in-monges
inch mark
insolvent in the equitable sense
internetting
intraflagellar transport
ishiis
jigged
Labyrinthomorpha
laser command guidance
ligamenta calcaneonaviculare plantare
low population zone
low-volatile
luo
marionette style
maybe later
methylvanillin
microwave generator
mid zone draft
mountain-bike
neddle hook
Nitroprussidnatrium
non-reversible hammer crusher
normal-phase liquid chromatography
Onkamo
outofround
ozone formation
para-aminohippuric acid tests
particle generator
pedantism
pentadome
pitchblende minerals
pranama
pteretis struthiopteriss
rhodacarids
rhodospin
robert bartletts
sanitary sewage
Sapmer Seamount
scare the pants off someone
scotch and sodas
shadings
shenzhen
siccative varnish
spurious ocellus
stabilization print
start stop teleprinter
strategic partnering
trucking business
two-column
ultrasonic cleaning machine
unforgetful
Upfront premium payment
winter-storm
zemi