SB3U6NatureinwordsFirstSnow(Languagepoints)MrRobertLyndoncesaidofJaneAusten’scharacters:“Theyarepeopleinwhoselivesaslightfallofsnowisanevent.”sayof談及aslightfallofsnow

一場小雪Translation羅伯特·林德先生曾這樣評論過簡·奧斯汀筆下的人物：“在這些人的生命里，場場小雪皆是大事?！盓venattheriskofappearingtothisfairandwittyreviewerasanotherMrWoodhouse,Imustinsistthatlastnight’sfallofsnowherewasanevent.attheriskofdoingsth.冒著做某事的危險insistv．堅稱，堅決認為；堅持主張，堅決要求Iinsistthatyou(should)takeimmediateactiontoputthisright.我堅決要求你立刻采取行動把這件事情處理好。Allthedoctorsinsistedthathewasbadlywoundedandthathe(should)beoperatedonatonce.所有的醫(yī)生都堅稱他受了重傷，并堅持要求他應該立刻接受手術。Imightfail,butanyhowIwillinsistondoingit.Ineverloseheart.我可能會失敗，但無論怎樣，我會堅持做的。我永不灰心。insist意為“堅決要求，堅持主張(做某事)”時，其引導的賓語從句用虛擬語氣，謂語動詞用“should＋動詞原形”的形式，should可以省略。insist意為“堅稱，堅決認為”時，其引導的賓語從句用陳述語氣，不用虛擬語氣。insiston/upondoingsth.堅持要做某事EvenattheriskofappearingtothisfairandwittyreviewerasanotherMrWoodhouse,Imustinsistthatlastnight’sfallofsnowherewasanevent.Translation在這位公正睿智的評論家面前，即便是冒著讓自己看起來像伍德豪斯先生那樣的風險，我也得堅持說：“昨晚這兒的那場雪是件大事。”Iwasnearlyasexcitedaboutitthismorningasthechildren,

whomIfoundalllookingthroughthewindowatthemagicoutsideandtalkingawayasexcitedlyasifChristmashadsuddenlycomeroundagain.lookthrough透過...看；瀏覽，快速查看talkaway不斷地談，在談話中度過comeround再度發(fā)生，再次出現Iwasnearlyasexcitedaboutitthismorningasthechildren,

whomIfoundalllookingthroughthewindowatthemagicoutsideandtalkingawayasexcitedlyasifChristmashadsuddenlycomeroundagain.Translation對于這場雪，我今早近乎像孩子們那樣興奮。孩子們透過窗子看著外面奇妙的世界，興奮地說個不停，就像圣誕節(jié)突然又要來了一般。Itisthefirstfallwehavehadherethiswinter，andlastyearIwasoutofthecountry,sweatinginahotclimate,duringthesnowyseason,sothatitreallydoesseemanagesinceIsawthegroundsofantasticallycarpetedTranslation這是今年冬天我們在這里的第一場雪，而在去年的季，我身在異國，在酷熱的天氣理汗流不止，所以離我上次欣賞到這銀裝素裹的世界，著實過了些時日了。”Thefirstfallofsnowisnotonlyaneventbutitisamagicalevent.Yougotobedinonekindofworldandwakeuptofindyourselfinanotherquitedifferent,andifthisisnotmagic,thenwhereisittobefound?wakeup醒來wake--?(過去式)--?(過去分詞)Translation這場初雪不僅是一件大事，而且還是一件具有魔力的大事。入睡時，世界是一個模樣，醒來則是完全不同的另一番模樣，若非有魔力，如何才能這般？WhenIgotupthismorningtheworldwasacoldplaceofdeadwhiteandpaleblues.Thelightthatcamethroughthewindowswasverystrange,anditmadethefamiliarbusinessofsplashingandshavingandbrushinganddressingverystrangetoo.Translation今早我起床時，世界是一片寂然的白色與淺淡的藍色，到處清清冷冷。窗子透進來的光線很是怪異，使得洗臉、刮胡子、刷牙、穿衣服這些熟悉的日常行為也顯得離奇古怪。deadwhite蒼白Thenthesuncameout,andbythetimeIeout出來；出版Translation接著太陽出來了，等到我坐下來吃早餐時，太陽的光彩已是絢爛奪目，給雪地添了一抹柔和的粉紅色。Thedining-roomwindowhadbeen

transformedintoalovelyJapaneseprint.Thelittleplumtreeoutside,withthefaintlyflushedsnowliningitsbranchesandartfullydisposedalongitstrunk,o...把...變成...disposev.排列，布置disposeofsb./sth.去除、處理、舍棄某人/某物bedisposedforsth.愿意做某事disposesb.tosth./todosth.使某人傾向于做某事bedisposedtowardssb./sth.

對某人/某事持有某種態(tài)度或懷有某種感情Thedining-roomwindowhadbeen

transformedintoalovelyJapaneseprint.Thelittleplumtreeoutside,withthefaintlyflushedsnowliningitsbranchesandartfullydisposedalongitstrunk,stoodinfullsunlight.Translation餐廳的窗戶成了一幅可愛的日本版畫。在陽光的普照之下，屋外的李子樹的樹干和枝丫被淡粉的積雪精致巧妙地裝點著。Itwasasifourkindlycountryside,

closetotheveryheartofEngland,hadbeenturnedintoacruelgrassland.Atanymoment,itseemed,abodyofhorsemenmightbeseenbreakingoutfromtheblacktrees,somanyweaponsmightbeheardandsomedistantspotofsnowbereddened.Itwasthatkindoflandscape.breakout爆發(fā)，突然發(fā)生Translation就好像我們這個靠近英格蘭中心位置的親切小鄉(xiāng)村變成了暴躁的草原；仿佛隨時可能看見一群騎兵從黑黝黝的樹叢中沖出，可能聽見武器的交錯響聲，最后好像看見遠處的白雪一點點被血液染紅。這幅景象就是給人這種感覺。Nowithaschangedagain.Theglarehasgoneandnotouchof

thedisturbing

remains.notouchof一點都沒有atouchof

一點兒，少許thedisturbingthe+adj.抽象概念/單數，謂語動詞用單數Translation現在，一切又變了。炫目的日光已然消失，也不再有那種緊張不安感。Butthesnowisfallingheavily,

ingreatsoftflakes,

sothatyoucanhardlyseeacrosstheshallowvalley,andtheroofsarethickandthetreesallbending,andtheweathercockofthevillagechurch,

stilltobeseenthroughthegreyloadedair,hasbecomesomecreatureoutofHansAndersen.bendv.彎腰；變彎曲n.拐彎處；彎道，彎曲bendone'shead低下頭

benddown彎腰;俯身bendone'smindtosth.專心于某事bend(sb.)tosth.(迫使某人)屈服，順從某事bebentonsth./ondoingsth.

決定采取(某行動)；專心致志于做某事Butthesnowisfallingheavily,

ingreatsoftflakes,

sothatyoucanhardlyseeacrosstheshallowvalley,andtheroofsarethickandthetreesallbending,andtheweathercockofthevillagechurch,

stilltobeseenthroughthegreyloadedair,hasbecomesomecreatureoutofHansAndersen.Translation大片柔軟的雪花鋪天蓋地地飄落，遮擋了你的視線，讓你幾乎看不到淺淺的山谷，屋頂上存了厚厚的雪，樹木被壓得彎下腰來，村莊教堂的風信雞在灰蒙蒙的空氣中依稀可見，像是從安徒生童話里走出來的活物。Frommystudy,

which

is

apartfromthehouseandfacesit,Icanseethechildrenflatteningtheirnosesagainstthewindow,andthereisrunningthroughmyheadarhymeIusedtorepeat

whenIwasachildandflattenedmynoseagainstthecoldwindowtowatchthefallingsnow:beapartfrom與……相隔flatten...against...把...緊貼在...上Translation從書房看去，可以看到孩子們把鼻子抵在窗戶上看雪的樣子，我的腦海里出現了一首兒歌，那是我小時候將鼻子抵在冰涼的窗戶上看雪時會一直重復哼著的歌：Usinglanguagewearamorebeautifulappearance

呈現出美麗的外貌contrast

v.

形成對照/對比n.反差，對比

contrast...and/with...把...和...進行對比makeacontrastwith...和...形成對比incontrastto/with...與...相比之下in/bycontrast

與之相反；相比之下nothingbut

只有，只不過clearsky晴空greenfield綠野sweet-smellingflowers芬芳的；香的；芳香四溢的花朵bleakwinds陰風fadev．逐漸消失；(使)褪色；水準下降；衰退fadeaway逐漸消失；變弱fadein(畫面)漸入；(聲音)漸強fadeout(畫面)淡出；(聲音)漸弱thickclusterofrichfruit累累碩果pilev．堆放，摞起o...把...裝進pileinto進入；擠入pileup（使）堆放；（使）堆積pileon（尤指）體重劇增，猛增；夸張，夸大其詞gentlewind微風sweep

v．吹過，掠過；清掃，打掃sweepthrough席卷；輕易通過sweepacross席卷，掠過sweepaway消滅；徹底消除；完全打消sweepout打掃干凈sweepup打掃，清掃tingesthelandscapewithagoldencolour染上一層金黃的色調makenoloudnoises寂靜無聲vividdescriptionsofnature

對大自然的生動描述addto把...加到...上thereasonwhy...isthat......的原因是...beirrelevantto和……無關replaceAwithB

用B代替/替換Ahaveapoint有道理inmyopinion在我看來allthetime一直forinstance例如Thereisnomonthinthewholeyear,inwhichnaturewearsamorebeautifulappearancethaninthemonthofAugust.Springhasmanybeauties,andMayisafreshandbloomingmonth,butthecharmsofthistimeofyearareenhancedbytheircontrastwiththewinterseason.Augusthasnosuchadvantage.Itcomeswhenweremembernothingbutclearskies,greenfields,andsweet-smellingflowers—whentherecollectionofsnow,andice,andbleakwinds,hasfadedfromourmindsascompletelyastheyhavedisappearedfromtheearth—andyetwhatapleasanttimeitis!Orchardsandcornfieldsringwiththehu