精美英文欣赏:Yellow黄色

Yellow

黄色

Just tie your yellow ribbon around the old oak¹ tree.

把你的黄丝带系在老橡树上。

What comes to mind when you think of yellow?

当你想到黄色时，脑中会浮现什么?

Yellow makes me feel warm，it's a sunny color.

黄色能让我觉得暖和,这是一个阳光的颜色。

Sure, I think different things like a big tall glass of cool yellow lemonade, a large branch of yellow bananas, or an old book with yellow pages, but I also think of a few of yellow sunflowers, the yellow sun rising in the morning, a near yellow trap of goldfish swimming around, a group of trooping yellow chicks?

当然,我也会想到不同的东西，就像一大杯很凉爽的黄柠檬汁,一大把黄色的香蕉,或者是一本旧书的黄页,但我也会想到黄色的向日葵, 在早晨升起金黄色的太阳,金鱼游来游去,成群结队的黄色小鸡?

I'm not sure why someone who was easily frightened is describe as yellow, or why that person is sometimes called yellow bellied².

我不知道为什么很容易受到惊吓的人被描述为黄色,或者为什么那个人有时被称为胆小的人。

Yellow is a closest color to gold，which is a very nice color, but I'm not rich, so I'm under the shadow of yellow.

黄色是一种最接近金色的颜色,这是一种非常漂亮的颜色,但我不富有,所以我在黄色的阴影下。

Talk about it:

谈论下面的话题:

When you hear the word yellow, what comes to your mind?

当你听到黄色这个词,你会想到什么?

How does the color yellow make you feel?

黄色让你感觉如何?

What are some things that are yellow?

有哪些东西是黄色的?

Do you know any idioms that use the word yellow?

你知道使用黄色这个词的成语吗?

What are some colors that are similar to yellow?

有哪些颜色相似的黄色的吗?

What does the color yellow symbolize³?

黄色象征着什么?

Can you name some fictional⁴ characters that are associated with the color yellow?

你能说出一些和黄色相关的虚拟的角色吗?

Do you think that the color yellow means different things or different cultures?

你认为黄色意味着不同的东西还是不同的文化?

1 oak   

n.栎树，橡树，栎木，橡木

参考例句：

• The chair is of solid oak.这把椅子是纯橡木的。
• The carpenter will floor this room with oak.木匠将用橡木铺设这个房间的地板。

2 bellied   

adj.有腹的，大肚子的

参考例句：

• That big-bellied fellow was very cruel and greedy. 那个大腹便便的家伙既贪婪又残恶。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The ship's sails bellied in the wind. 船帆在风中鼓得大大的。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 symbolize   

vt.作为...的象征，用符号代表

参考例句：

• Easter eggs symbolize the renewal of life.复活蛋象征新生。
• Dolphins symbolize the breath of life.海豚象征着生命的气息。

4 fictional   

adj.小说的，虚构的

参考例句：

• The names of the shops are entirely fictional.那些商店的名字完全是虚构的。
• The two authors represent the opposite poles of fictional genius.这两位作者代表了天才小说家两个极端。