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世界小史 第187期:雷声

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（单词翻译）

 　　Have you ever watched a storm approaching on a hot summer's day?

　　你在炎热的夏天见过一场雷雨来临的情景吗？
　　It's especially spectacular in the mountains.
　　这在山区尤其壮观。
　　At first there's nothing to see, but you feel a sort of weariness that tells you something is in the air.
　　起先人们根本就什么征兆也没看出，但是人们从自身的疲惫上感觉到，好像就要发生什么事。
　　Then you hear thunder – just a rumble1 here and there – you can't quite tell where it is coming from.
　　后来人们听见雷声，一会儿这儿一会儿那儿。人们不清楚，这雷声是从哪儿来的
　　All of a sudden, the mountains seem strangely near. There isn't a breath of wind, yet dense2 clouds pile up in the sky.
　　后来群山一下子看上去今得令人毛骨悚然，一丝风也没有，然而乌云却在翻滚着。
　　And now the mountains have almost vanished behind a wall of haze3.
　　群山几乎消失在一片茫茫雾气的后面。
　　Clouds rush in from all sides, but still there's no wind.
　　乌云从四面八方移过来，但是人们感觉不到风。
　　There's more thunder now, and everything around looks eerie4 and menacing. You wait and wait.
　　雷声更频繁了，一切显得阴森可怕，鬼气森然。人们等呀等呀，
　　And then, suddenly, it erupts. At first it is almost a release. The storm descends5 into the valley.
　　后来突然爆发起来了，起先这几乎像一种解脱，狂风刮进山谷，
　　There's thunder and lightning everywhere. The rain clatters6 down in huge drops.
　　四面八方都是电闪雷鸣，大雨狂泻而下。
　　The storm is trapped in the narrow cleft7 of the valley and thunderclaps echo and reverberate8 off the steep mountain sides.
　　雨水在狭窄的山谷凹地里不断冲刷着，悬崖峭壁发出雷鸣的回声。

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1 rumble PCXzd     
n.隆隆声；吵嚷；v.隆隆响；低沉地说
参考例句：
  • I hear the rumble of thunder in the distance.我听到远处雷声隆隆。
  • We could tell from the rumble of the thunder that rain was coming.我们根据雷的轰隆声可断定，天要下雨了。
2 dense aONzX     
a.密集的，稠密的，浓密的；密度大的
参考例句：
  • The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
  • The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。
3 haze O5wyb     
n.霾，烟雾；懵懂，迷糊；vi.(over)变模糊
参考例句：
  • I couldn't see her through the haze of smoke.在烟雾弥漫中，我看不见她。
  • He often lives in a haze of whisky.他常常是在威士忌的懵懂醉意中度过的。
4 eerie N8gy0     
adj.怪诞的；奇异的；可怕的；胆怯的
参考例句：
  • It's eerie to walk through a dark wood at night.夜晚在漆黑的森林中行走很是恐怖。
  • I walked down the eerie dark path.我走在那条漆黑恐怖的小路上。
5 descends e9fd61c3161a390a0db3b45b3a992bee     
v.下来( descend的第三人称单数 )；下去；下降；下斜
参考例句：
  • This festival descends from a religious rite. 这个节日起源于宗教仪式。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The path descends steeply to the village. 小路陡直而下直到村子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 clatters 8a9ca0f0598ca49fc02fdd909c27a84a     
盘碟刀叉等相撞击时的声音( clatter的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • I thought, 'Aye aye, hit it before he comes and clatters me. 我想，'埃赞成，击出他来之前和clatters我。
7 cleft awEzGG     
n.裂缝；adj.裂开的
参考例句：
  • I hid the message in a cleft in the rock.我把情报藏在石块的裂缝里。
  • He was cleft from his brother during the war.在战争期间，他与他的哥哥分离。
8 reverberate 1BIzS     
v.使回响，使反响
参考例句：
  • The decision will reverberate and will jar the country.这项决定将引起反响并震撼这个国家。
  • Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my hear.痛苦呼喊的一遍遍的在我的心中回响。

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