【美語對話】Asummerday夏日

1、美語情景對話A summer day 夏日One day thirty years ago Marseilles lay in the burning sun.三十年前的一天，馬賽躺在烈日之下。A blaz ing sun upon a fierce August day was no greater rarity in souther n France the n tha n at any other time before or since.在法國南部，八月炎熱的日子里赤日當空，在那時以前或以后都不是什么罕見的事。Everyth ing in Marseilles and about Ma

2、rseilles had stared at the fervid sun, and bee n stared at in retu rn, un til a stari ng habit had become uni versal there.馬賽范圍內(nèi)以及馬賽周圍的一切都凝視著灼熱的太陽，而太陽反過來也凝視著這一切;Stran gers were stared out of countenance by stari ng white houses, stari ng white streets, stari ng tracts of arid road, stari ng hills fr

3、om which verdure was burnt away.久而久之，在馬賽普遍形成一種耀眼的色彩。白色的房屋，白色的街道，一段段干旱的大路，草木曬得枯死的小山都十分耀眼象在瞪著眼瞧人似的，使初到此地的人們手足無措。The only things to be see n not fixedly stari ng and glari ng were the vines drooping un der their loads of grapes.能看到的唯一不是老瞪著眼使人眼花繚亂的，只有墜著串串葡萄的葡萄藤;These did occasi on ally wink a little,as

4、the hot air barely moved their faint leaves.熱空氣微微吹動著萎縮的藤葉時，葡萄確實也偶而眨眨眼。The uni versal stare made the eyes ache.這種普遍的耀眼的色彩令人眼睛發(fā)痛。Towards the dista nt blue of the Italia n coast, i ndeed, it was a little relieved by light clouds of mist slowly ris ing from the eva po ratio n of the sea, but it softe ne

5、d no where else.說實在的，要遠到意大利沿海蔚藍的天空，由于海水蒸發(fā)冉冉升起的縷縷薄霧，這耀眼的色彩才不致那么強烈，但是除此之外別的地方，它一點也不曾柔和下來。Far away the stari ng roads, dee p in dust, stared from the hillside, stared from the hollow, stared from the in termi nable pla in.遠處，耀眼的大路，上面積著很厚的塵土，沿著山坡盯著人看，穿過山谷盯著人看，橫過一望無際的平原盯著人看。Far away the dusty vines overh

6、a nging wayside cottages, and the monotonous wayside ave nues of p arched trees without shade,dro pped ben eath the stare of earth and sky.遠處，懸掛在路旁小屋上蒙著塵土的葡萄藤，還有路旁單調(diào)的成行的曬焦了不能遮蔭的樹木，都在大地和天空的凝視下耷拉著腦袋。So did the horse with drowsy bells, i n long files of carts, cree ping slowly towards the in terior; so

7、 did their recumbe nt drivers, whe n they were awake, which rarely happened;長長的大車隊中，發(fā)出催人欲睡的鈴鐺聲的馬匹也耷拉著腦袋，慢慢地向內(nèi)地爬行著；斜靠在車上的車夫們醒來時，也耷拉著腦袋，不過他們也難得醒;so did the exhausted laborers in the fields.田野里筋疲力盡的農(nóng)夫們耷拉著腦袋。Everyth ing that lived or grew was opp ressed by the glare:一切動物和植物都受到這耀眼光芒的壓抑;exce pt the lizard

8、, p ass ing swiftly over rough stone walls,a nd cicada, chir ping its dry hot chir p, like a rattle.例外的只是在那凹凸不平的石墻上敏捷爬行的蜥蜴和拔浪鼓似地發(fā)出強烈鳴聲的蟬兒。The very dust was scorched brow n, and someth ing quivered in the atmos phere as if the air itself were panting.連那塵土都被炙烤成褐色了，大氣中似乎也有什么東西在顫抖，仿佛空氣本身也在氣喘吁吁。Bli nds,

9、shutters, curta ins, awnin gs, were all closed and draw n to kee p out the stare.竹簾子、百葉窗、窗簾、遮篷全都拉攏了，把這耀眼的光芒擋在外面。Grant it but a chink or a keyhole,a nd it shot in like a whitehot arrow.6 / 5那怕只露出一條小縫或者一個鑰匙孔，它就會象一支白熱的箭直射進來。I.Stra ngers were stared out of countenance by stari ng whitehouses, stari ng w

10、hite streets, stari ng tracts of arid road,stari ng hills from which verdure was burnt away.久而久之，在馬賽普遍形成一種耀眼的色彩。白色的房屋，白色的街道，一段段干旱的大路，草木曬得枯死的小山都十分耀眼象在瞪著眼瞧人似的，使初到此地的人們手足無措。解析:本句使用了被動語，主干為:Strangers were stared out ofcountenance。短語 stare sb. out of countenance意為“盯的某人發(fā)慌或不知所措”；By引出“瞪著”這個動作的施動者，注意stari ng

11、 在此并非動名詞，而是形容詞，意為“顯眼的”；句末 from which引導定語從句，修飾先行詞hills ，表示“草木曬得枯死的小山”。2. Far away the dusty vines overha nging wayside cottages, and themonotonous wayside ave nues of p arched trees without shade,dro ppedben eath the stare of earth and sky.遠處，懸掛在路旁小屋上蒙著塵土的葡萄藤，還有路旁單調(diào)的成行的曬焦了不能遮蔭的樹木，都在大地和天空的凝視下耷拉著腦袋。解析:本句的主干為 :the vines,and the avenues dropped。開頭的faraway為地點狀語，現(xiàn)在分詞短語overha nging ways