英语专业晨读美文-哲理篇 8 Restraints to Soar
时间：2018-11-30 作者：英语课 分类：英语专业晨读美文
[00:00.76]Restraints to Soar
[00:04.25]One windy spring day,
[00:06.98] I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites.
[00:11.47] Multicolored creations of varying shapes
[00:14.20]and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds darting 1 and dancing.
[00:18.80] As the strong winds gusted 2 against the kites,
[00:22.07]a string kept them in check.
[00:24.26]Instead of blowing away with the wind,
[00:26.45]they arose against it to achieve great heights.
[00:29.18]They shook and pulled,
[00:31.04]but the restraining string and the cumbersome 3 tail kept them in tow,
[00:35.09] facing upward and against the wind.
[00:37.82]As the kites struggled and trembled against the string,
[00:40.99]they seemed to say:"Let me go! Let me go!
[00:44.61]I want to be free!" They soared beautifully
[00:47.88]even as they fought the restriction 4 of the string.
[00:51.17]Finally, one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose.
[00:54.77] "Free at last." it seemed to say. "Free to fly with the wind."
[01:00.42]Yet freedom from restraint
[01:02.61] simply put it at the mercy of an unsympathetic breeze.
[01:06.22]It fluttered ungracefully to the ground
[01:08.73]and landed in a tangled 5 mass of weeds and string against a dead bush.
[01:12.89] "Free at last" free to lie powerless in the dirt,
[01:17.15]to be blown helplessly along the ground,
[01:19.78]and to lodge 6 lifeless against the first obstruction 7.
[01:22.84]How much like kites we sometimes are.
[01:26.77]The Heaven gives us adversity and restrictions 8,
[01:29.95]rules to follow from which we can grow and gain strength.
[01:34.22] Restraint is a necessary counterpart to the winds of opposition 9.
[01:38.70]Some of us tug 10 at the rules so hard that
[01:41.98]we never soar to reach the heights we might have obtained.
[01:44.83]Let us each rise to the great heights, recognizing that
[01:48.99]some of the restraints that
[01:50.63] we may chafe 11 under are actually the steadying force
[01:54.24]that helps us ascend 12 and achieve.
- Swallows were darting through the clouds. 燕子穿云急飞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Swallows were darting through the air. 燕子在空中掠过。 来自辞典例句
- Although the machine looks cumbersome,it is actually easy to use.尽管这台机器看上去很笨重，操作起来却很容易。
- The furniture is too cumbersome to move.家具太笨，搬起来很不方便。
- The park is open to the public without restriction.这个公园对公众开放，没有任何限制。
- The 30 mph speed restriction applies in all built-up areas.每小时限速30英里适用于所有建筑物聚集区。
- Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚过夜的地方吗？
- I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。
- She was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty.她被指控妨碍警察执行任务。
- The road was cleared from obstruction.那条路已被清除了障碍。
- I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
- a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- We need to tug the car round to the front.我们需要把那辆车拉到前面。
- The tug is towing three barges.那只拖船正拖着三只驳船。