最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit8-Part3

[00:00.00]He offered his assistance,
[00:02.39]whenever I needed it.
[00:04.14]He offered his company for comfort,
[00:06.11]when death visited my door.
[00:08.85]What did he derive¹ from
[00:11.14]this agenda, but a few
[00:13.33]paltry words in a foreign language?
[00:15.74] Maybe it was all worthwhile,
[00:17.82]maybe it will open a window wide
[00:19.90]and provide a passport to
[00:22.08]a new world for his future.
[00:23.94]Time continues to slip
[00:27.01]by as a rushing river.
[00:28.65]You no longer inhabit my daily
[00:31.27]world, only my memory.
[00:34.01]From a distance your voice
[00:36.09]informs me that you are
[00:37.73]continuing to learn, you are growing.
[00:40.14]Some days you are happy,
[00:42.43]others not quite so much.
[00:44.62]However, here around me,
[00:48.34]there is nothing, only a ghost
[00:50.09]like figure, waving from your window
[00:53.16]and a familiar waft² of fragrance³
[00:55.46]as I stand alongside
[00:56.99]your newly occupied desk.
[00:59.72]There is nothing and
[01:01.91]yet there is everything.
[01:03.33]My mind remains⁴ idle,
[01:05.63]with only fragments of images
[01:08.04]drifting in and out.
[01:10.11]I can no longer be
[01:12.09]absolutely certain whether
[01:13.84]this was only a dream.
[01:15.59]We no longer occupy
[01:18.54]the same space, but
[01:20.72]I remind myself that
[01:22.26]we still occupy the same world.
[01:24.34]When we chance to meet,
[01:27.08]hands reach out, hearts embrace,
[01:29.70]and once again confirm
[01:31.35]the same magic feeling.
[01:33.44]Such friendships come
[01:35.76]rarely in a lifetime.
[01:38.17]Thereby, I feel blessed and lucky

1 derive   

v.取得；导出；引申；来自；源自；出自

参考例句：

• We derive our sustenance from the land.我们从土地获取食物。
• We shall derive much benefit from reading good novels.我们将从优秀小说中获得很大好处。

2 waft   

v.飘浮，飘荡；n.一股；一阵微风；飘荡

参考例句：

• The bubble maker is like a sword that you waft in the air.吹出泡泡的东西就像你在空中挥舞的一把剑。
• When she just about fall over,a waft of fragrance makes her stop.在她差点跌倒时，一股幽香让她停下脚步。

3 fragrance   

n.芬芳，香味，香气

参考例句：

• The apple blossoms filled the air with their fragrance.苹果花使空气充满香味。
• The fragrance of lavender filled the room.房间里充满了薰衣草的香味。

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。