美国语文第四册 第34期:珍妮特和乔

 　　Two girls I know—Jeannette and Jo, And one is always moping; The other lassie, come what may, Is ever bravely hoping. 我认识的两个女孩——珍妮特和乔，其中一个总是愁眉苦脸；另一个小姑娘，无论发生没什么，永远是坚强地忙碌着。

　　Beauty of face and girlish graceAre theirs, for joy or sorrow; Jeannette takes brightly every day, And Jo dreads² each tomorrow. 无论快乐或悲伤,她们都拥有美丽的面庞和纯真的姿态；珍妮特每天都过得神采奕奕，而乔对明天总是唉声叹气。

　　One early morn they watched the dawn I saw them stand together; 一天清晨，她们看着黎明的到来，我看见她们站在一起；

　　Their whole day's sport, It was very plain,Depended on the weather. 她们整天的活动，完完全全，要视天气而定。

　　"T will storm!" cried Jo. Jeannette spoke³ low: "Yes, but It will soon be over." “暴风雨要来了！”乔大声喊道。珍妮特低声说：“是啊，但是一会儿就停了。”

　　And, as she spoke, the sudden shower Came, beating down the clover. 她正说着，突然间暴雨袭来，压弯了三叶草。

　　"I told you so!" cried angry Jo: "It always is a-raining!" “我告诉过你吧！”愤怒的乔大声叫道。“肯定会下雨的！”

　　Then hid her face in dire⁴ despair,Lamenting and complaining. 然后掩藏起脸上极度绝望的神情，不住地痛惜和抱怨着。

　　But sweet Jeannette, quite hopeful yet, I tell it to her honor, Looked up and waited till the sun Came streaming in upon her. 但是可爱的珍妮特，仍然充满希望,我能看得出来她仰起头等待着，直到太阳出来照耀在她身上。

　　The broken clouds sailed off in crowds, Across a sea of glory. 阴晴不定的云彩成堆地漂移开去，越过了壮丽的大海。

　　Jeannette and Jo ran, laughing, in Which ends my simple story. 珍妮特和乔欢笑着奔跑起来，我叙述的简单故事也到此结束了。

　　Joy is divine. Come storm, come shine, The hopeful are the gladdest; 快乐是上天的恩赐。来吧，暴风雨，来吧，太阳光，永怀希望之心将是最快乐的；

　　And doubt and dread¹, children, believe Of all things are the saddest. 孩子们，怀疑和忧虑的思想认为一切都是最糟糕的。

　　In morning's light, let youth be bright; Take in the sunshine tender; 在清晨的时光中，让青春明亮耀眼；吸纳温和的阳光；

　　Then, at the close, shall life's decline Be full of sunset splendor⁵. 在行将告别之际，生命的谢幕将充满落日的光辉。

　　And ye who fret⁶, try, like Jeannette,To shun⁷ all weak complaining; 烦恼的人们，试着像珍妮特一样吧，规避所有无力的抱怨；

　　And not, like Jo, cry out too soon "It always is a-raining!" 并且不要像乔那样，太急于大声叫喊“肯定会下雨的！”

1 dread   

vt.担忧，忧虑；惧怕，不敢；n.担忧，畏惧

参考例句：

• We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
• Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。

2 dreads   

n.恐惧，畏惧( dread的名词复数 )；令人恐惧的事物v.害怕，恐惧，担心( dread的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The little boy dreads going to bed in the dark. 这孩子不敢在黑暗中睡觉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A burnt child dreads the fire. [谚]烧伤过的孩子怕火（惊弓之鸟，格外胆小）。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 dire   

adj.可怕的，悲惨的，阴惨的，极端的

参考例句：

• There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
• We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。

5 splendor   

n.光彩；壮丽，华丽；显赫，辉煌

参考例句：

• Never in his life had he gazed on such splendor.他生平从没有见过如此辉煌壮丽的场面。
• All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。

6 fret   

v.(使)烦恼；(使)焦急；(使)腐蚀，(使)磨损

参考例句：

• Don't fret.We'll get there on time.别着急，我们能准时到那里。
• She'll fret herself to death one of these days.她总有一天会愁死的.

7 shun   

vt.避开，回避，避免

参考例句：

• Materialists face truth,whereas idealists shun it.唯物主义者面向真理，唯心主义者则逃避真理。
• This extremist organization has shunned conventional politics.这个极端主义组织有意避开了传统政治。