精美英文欣赏:旅程

One day you finally knew

what you had to do, and began,

though the voices around you

kept shouting

their bad advice--

though the whole house

began to tremble

and you felt the old tug¹

at your ankles.

“Mend my life!”

each voice cried.

But you didn’t stop.

You knew what you had to do,

though the wind pried²

with its stiff fingers

at the very foundation

though their melancholy³

was terrible.

It was already late

enough, and a wild night,

and the road full of fallen

branches and stones.

But little by little,

as you left their voices behind,

the stars began to burn

through the sheets of cloud

and there was a new voice

which you slowly

recognized as your own,

that kept you company

as you strode deeper and deeper

into the world,

determined⁴ to do

the only thing you could do--

determined to save

the only life you could save.

有一天,你终于知道

什么是你必须得做,并开始去做,

虽然你周围的声音

一直喊出

其各种糟糕的建议——

虽然整个房子

开始颤抖

你亦感到那条旧绳索

绊住了你的脚踝。

“修补我的人生!”

每个声音都在哭喊。

但你并没停止。

你知道什么是你必须得做的,

虽然风用它僵硬的手指

直往根基,

撬捣,

虽然它们的忧郁

着实可怕。

天色

已经很晚,这是个疯狂的夜晚,

路上满是倒下的

断枝和石头。

但渐渐地,

当你将它们的声音抛在身后,

星星开始穿透云层

散发光辉,

一个新的声音出现了

你慢慢

意识到,那是你自己的声音,

它伴随着你

伴你步步

深入世途,

决心去做

你唯一能做的事——

决定去拯救

你唯一能拯救的生命。

1 tug   

v.用力拖(或拉)；苦干；n.拖；苦干；拖船

参考例句：

• We need to tug the car round to the front.我们需要把那辆车拉到前面。
• The tug is towing three barges.那只拖船正拖着三只驳船。

2 pried   

v.打听，刺探（他人的私事）( pry的过去式和过去分词 )；撬开

参考例句：

• We pried open the locked door with an iron bar. 我们用铁棍把锁着的门撬开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• So Tom pried his mouth open and poured down the Pain-killer. 因此汤姆撬开它的嘴，把止痛药灌下去。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

3 melancholy   

n.忧郁，愁思；adj.令人感伤（沮丧）的，忧郁的

参考例句：

• All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中。
• He felt melancholy after he failed the exam.这次考试没通过，他感到很郁闷。

4 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。