跟着Gwen学英语之每日早读 第1113期

（单词翻译）

From hill to hill no bird in flight;

From path to path no man in sight.

A lonely fisherman afloat,

Is fishing snow in lonely boat.

语音讲解：

今日发音练习重点：

1.flight sight 押韵 /aɪt/

2.afloat boat 押韵 /əʊt $ oʊt/

3.lonely 难发音组 /əʊn $ oʊn/

言之有物：

1. From hill to hill no bird in flight; From path to path no man in sight.

千山鸟飞绝，万径人踪灭。

① from hill to hill 从一座山到另一座山；形容山多 → 千山

from path to path 从一条路到另一条路；形容路多 → 万径

→hill n. 小山，小丘，山冈

Over the hill lies another village.

翻过小山就是另一个村庄。

→path n. 小径，小道

Follow the path along the river to the bridge.

沿着河边的小路走到那座桥。

词链儿：from…to… 从…到...

Conditions vary from school to school.

各所学校的情况不同。

housewives who work from morning to night

从早忙到晚的家庭主妇

★原声例句：So that you actually can move from school to work.

这样你就可以从学校搬到工作处。

★原声例句：What do you do from morning to night?

你从早到晚都做些什么？

② no bird in flight 没有鸟儿飞翔→鸟飞绝

no man in sight 没有人在视野之内→人踪灭

→in flight 飞行，飞翔

a bird in flight =a bird that is flying

a flock of geese in flight

一群飞翔的鹅

The bird is easily recognized in flight.

这种鸟飞翔时很容易认出来。

With your feet on the ground. You're a bird in flight.

即使脚踩大地，你也可以像鸟一样飞翔。

And the birds would lose their way in flight.

鸟儿会迷失航向。

词链儿：in sight 在视力范围内；看得见

There was no one in sight.

一个人也看不见。

The end is in sight (= will happen soon).

结局已现端倪。

And I don't see a cop in sight.

而且眼前一个警察也没有。

Sheep roaming free and no shepherd in sight.

看来是野生羊群，没发现牧羊人。

The end in sight. I can see him.

就快结束了，我看见他了。

2. A lonely fisherman afloat, Is fishing snow in lonely boat.

孤舟蓑笠翁，独钓寒江雪。

fisherman 复合词 n.钓鱼者；渔民，渔夫

A lonely fisherman afloat

漂浮在水上的孤独的渔夫

Is fishing snow in lonely boat. 正在孤独的小船上钓雪

→孤舟蓑笠翁，独钓寒江雪。

注：boat 为可数名词，该诗为了照顾音步和韵脚，省略了“in a lonely boat" 中的不定冠词”a“。

→afloat adj.（在水上）漂浮的

A ship is afloat.

一条船漂浮在水上。

The children set their new boat afloat on the lake.

孩子们让新船漂在湖中。

Being the only good swimmer, I managed to stay afloat.

我水性好得以逃生。

→拓展 afloat adj. 经济上周转得开的；

He is struggling to keep afloat after a series of emotional and health problems.

在经历了一系列的情感打击和健康问题后，他正努力使自己能够支撑下去。

But I have two jobs just to keep us afloat.

但我要兼两份工才能养活我两。

*lonely 点击回顾 词汇辨析：alone & lone¹ & lonely

活学活用：

请用from...to... 随意造句

江雪

千山鸟飞绝，万径人踪灭。

孤舟蓑笠翁，独钓寒江雪。

这是唐代诗人柳宗元于永州创作的一首五言绝句。诗中运用典型概括的手法，选择千山万径，人鸟绝迹这种最能表现山野严寒的典型景物，描绘大雪纷飞，天寒地冻的图景；接着勾画独钓寒江的渔翁形象，借以表达诗人在遭受打击之后不屈而又深感孤寂的情绪。全诗构思独特，语言简洁凝练，意蕴丰富。