温馨夜读 PART4 03 Golden Windows 金色的窗子

 

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[00:00.90]Golden¹ Windows 金色的窗子

[00:08.23]There was a small boy living on a farm

[00:12.92]which seemed like so far away from everywhere.

[00:16.33]He needed to get up before sunrise every morning to start his chores

[00:21.25]and out again later to do the evening ones.

[00:24.86]During sunrise he would take a break and climb up on the fence²

[00:29.56]so in the distance he could see the house with golden windows.

[00:34.04]He thought how great it would be to live there

[00:36.77]and his mind would wander to imagine the modern equipment and appliances 

[00:42.24]that might exist in the house.

[00:43.67]“If they could afford golden windows, 

[00:46.84]then they must have other nice things.”

[00:49.35]He then promised himself, 

[00:51.10]“Some day I will go there and see this wonderful place.”

[00:54.93]Then one morning his father told him to stay at home 

[00:58.98]and his father would do the chores.

[01:01.60]Knowing that this was his chance,

[01:04.22]he packed a sandwich and headed across the field 

[01:07.48]towards the house with the golden windows.

[01:10.24]As the afternoon went on, he began to realize how he misjudged the distance

[01:15.93]and something else was very wrong.

[01:18.12]As he approached the house,

[01:20.41]he saw no golden windows but instead a place with in bad need of a painting

[01:26.27]surrounded by a broken down fence.

[01:29.05]He went to the tattered³ screen door and knocked.

[01:32.33]A small boy very close to his age opened the door.

[01:36.05]He asked him if he had seen the house with the golden windows.

[01:39.88]The boy said “Sure, I know.” and invited him to sit on the porch⁴.

[01:45.13]As he sat there, he looked back from where he just came

[01:49.06]where the sunset⁵ turned the windows on his home to gold.

1 golden   

adj.金的，含金的，可贵的，金色的，贵重的，繁盛的

参考例句：

• My teacher is an Englishman with golden hair.我的老师是一个金黄色头发的英国人。
• It's a balmy evening,the golden time for lovers.这是一个暖和的夜晚，是恋人们的黄金时光。

2 fence   

n.围墙，剑术；v.用篱笆围住，练习剑术，防护；[计算机]栅栏

参考例句：

• They put a fence around the garden.他们在园子的周围建起了篱笆。
• The thief jumped himself over a fence and escaped.贼纵身跃过篱笆逃走了。

3 tattered   

adj.破旧的，衣衫破的

参考例句：

• Her tattered clothes in no way detracted from her beauty.她的破衣烂衫丝毫没有影响她的美貌。
• Their tattered clothing and broken furniture indicated their poverty.他们褴褛的衣服和破烂的家具显出他们的贫穷。

4 porch   

n.门廊，入口处，走廊，游廊

参考例句：

• There are thousands of pages of advertising on our porch.有成千上万页广告堆在我们的门廊上。
• The porch is supported by six immense pillars.门廊由六根大柱子支撑着。

5 sunset   

n.日落；衰落时期(尤指人的晚年)

参考例句：

• They'll work on till sunset.他们将继续工作，直到日落。
• The sunset was a very beautiful sight.那落日真是一幅美景。