精美英文欣赏:你的世界(乔治.道格拉斯.约翰逊

我冲出周围的束缚，

让双翅投入柔风的怀抱，

我满怀狂喜，充满力量，轻松上阵，

在无尽的高空展翅翱翔！

YOUR WORLD

  George Douglas Johnson

Your world is as big as you make it.

I know, for I used to abide¹

In the narrowest nest in a corner,

My wings pressing close to my side.

But I sighted the distant horizon

Where the sky line encircled the sea,

And I throbbed² with a burning desire

To travel this immensity.

I battered³ the cordons⁴ around me

And cradled my wings on the breeze,

Then soared to the uttermost reaches

With rapture⁵, with power, with ease!
乔治.道格拉斯.约翰逊

你能走多远，世界就有多大。

我知道，是因为我曾经瑟缩。

在角落最窄小的窝巢中，

把双翅紧紧压在身侧。

但我看到了远方的地平线，

在那海天一线的地方，

我的心因为一种燃烧的渴望而悸动，

渴望在这无尽的浩瀚中徜徉。

我冲出周围的束缚，

让双翅投入柔风的怀抱，

我满怀狂喜，充满力量，轻松上阵，

在无尽的高空展翅翱翔！
 

1 abide   

vi.遵守；坚持；vt.忍受

参考例句：

• You must abide by the results of your mistakes.你必须承担你的错误所造成的后果。
• If you join the club,you have to abide by its rules.如果你参加俱乐部，你就得遵守它的规章。

2 throbbed   

抽痛( throb的过去式和过去分词 )； （心脏、脉搏等）跳动

参考例句：

• His head throbbed painfully. 他的头一抽一跳地痛。
• The pulse throbbed steadily. 脉搏跳得平稳。

3 battered   

adj.磨损的；v.连续猛击；磨损

参考例句：

• He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
• The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。

4 cordons   

n.警戒线，警戒圈( cordon的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Demonstrators attacked police cordons with sticks and assorted missiles. 示威者用棍棒和各种投射物向警察的封锁线进攻。 来自辞典例句

5 rapture   

n.狂喜；全神贯注；着迷；v.使狂喜

参考例句：

• His speech was received with rapture by his supporters.他的演说受到支持者们的热烈欢迎。
• In the midst of his rapture,he was interrupted by his father.他正欢天喜地，被他父亲打断了。