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
a date
all a bits
annular casing pump
arched ceiling
artix
autoinfect
automatic control servo valve
bendy-tree
bobbing us
bushelful
CBMPE
clientela
cloud-dragon
cold circular saw
critical theory
cube sugar
danger message
decentering
dienes with conjugated double bonds
dipole attraction
doxologizing
ectobronchium
ex customs compound
finishing tap
flashlight composition
floor line
foliage application
fringeth
halfa
hand of glory
hirds
hypothetico-deductivism
iic (intermational institute of communications)
image texture
impoisoning
insol.
jean-marc
judicial debate
Kent Grp.
khmer (cambodia)
LE factor
mach surface
make stores for
mass parameter
microsource
mixture of tones
monoaccelerator
multicut
mussoes
natrium
nitrocarbon
NOT COMPLETE
officiant
organic extrusion
Ozernyy
panleukopenias
paradoxical aciduria
particular deduction
Pasania shinsuiensis
pocket watches
policewomen
polyphagous animal
practice
preterms
product of centrifuge
pureanis
radiator hood ledge
regent house
regime of matrimonial property by agreement
relieve someone of his purse
rethanking
rugae of vagina
scoop wheel distributor
sea shanties
self-propelled power mower
semi sunk switch
semicantilever wing
semispherical
servovalve
Shangxi Group
sharp bottomed ship
shooo
spark-ignition combustion cycle
spellmans
statement label required for format statement
stern-faceds
streaming effect
street crossing
stripper shockless jolt squeeze moulding machine
subroutine instruction
supercrosses
systems school
twanks
unprisons
ustilaginaceaes
vitrofusite
vixen file
voodooing
wiffe
work surfaces
zincin