美国语文第六册 第35期:早晨的清唱剧(1)

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　　Fearing to dazzle by an excess of delight, she first announces day by a faint and glimmering² twilight³, 担心人们被过强的光线晃得头晕目眩，她首先宣布白天时光线弱一些，

　　then sheds a purple tint⁴ over the brows of the rising morn, and infuses a transparent⁵ ruddiness throughout the atmosphere. 在早晨太阳渐渐升起，先照射紫色光，然后让红色光透过大气层。

　　As daylight widens, successive groups of mottled and rosy-bosomed clouds assemble on the gilded⁶ sphere, 随着白天展开，继之以斑斓和玫瑰色的云层齐聚在恍若镀了一层金色的大气层上，

　　and, crowned with wreaths of fickle⁷ rainbows, spread a mirrored flush over hill, grove⁸, and lake,  然后在顶部形成圆圈状的变化无常彩虹，将光线齐平反射到下面的山丘、树林和湖泊上，

　　and every village spire⁹ is burnished¹⁰ with their splendor¹¹. 每个村庄教堂的尖顶上都反射出彩虹的光辉。

　　At length, through crimsoned¹² vapors¹³, we behold¹⁴ the sun's broad disk, 最后，透过深红色的水蒸气，我们看到太阳那宽阔的光盘，

　　rising with a countenance¹⁵ so serene¹⁶ that every eye may view him ere he arrays himself in his meridian¹⁷ brightness. 那样宁静安详，以至于在她按照子午圈排列光芒之前，我们每只眼睛都能看到她的样子。

　　Not many people who live in towns are aware of the pleasure attending a ramble¹⁸ near the woods and orchards¹⁹ at daybreak in the early part of summer. 夏日破晓时分徜徉在林间和果园，住在城镇里的不是每个人都能意识到这种流淌在心底的快乐。

　　The drowsiness²⁰ we feel on rising from our beds is gradually dispelled²¹ by the clear and healthful breezes of early day, 我们起床时感觉到的慵懒，渐渐被早晨清新和煦的微风给驱散了，

　　and we soon experience an unusual amount of vigor²² and elasticity²³. 很快就会体验到一种不同寻常的活力和身体的灵活性。

　　During the night, the stillness of all things is the circumstance that most powerfully attracts our notice, 夜晚时分，周围所有一切依旧强烈吸引着我们的注意力，

　　rendering²⁴ us peculiarly sensitive to every accidental sound that meets the ear. 对飘进耳鼓的每一种偶然出现的声音特别敏感。

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