高频英语口语对话 第161期:赞美异性

 　　unit 178

　　赞美异性

　　dialogue

　　英语情景对话

　　A:Is your lady beautiful? Since I came here from the country, I've not seen her close. Tell me, is she beautiful?

　　A:你的爱人美吗？因为自从我从乡下来，还没近看过她。告诉我，她美吗？

　　B:Thomas, if I could write with the beauty in her eyes, I was born to look in them and know myself.

　　B:托马斯，我简直无法描述她那双明眸的美丽。我生来注定是要在她的双眸中看清我自己。

　　A:And, her lips?

　　A:那，她的双唇呢？

　　B:Her lips? The early morning rose would wither¹ on the branch if it could feel envy.

　　B:她的双唇？清晨的玫瑰如果知道妒忌，都会在枝头枯萎。

　　A:And her voice like a lark's song?

　　A:她的声音就像百灵鸟唱歌？

　　B:Deeper, softer, none of your twittering larks². I would banish³ nightingales from her garden before they interrupted her song.

　　B:更深沉、更轻柔，才不像那闹喳喳的百灵鸟。我要把花园里的夜莺都赶走，免得它们打断了她的歌声。

　　A:Oh, she sings too?

　　A:哦，她还唱歌啊？

　　B:Constantly. Without doubt, and plays the lute⁴. She has a natural ear.

　　B:经常唱，毫无疑问，她还弹古琵琶，她有音乐天赋。（出自《莎翁情史》经典对白）

1 wither   

vt.使凋谢，使衰退，(用眼神气势等)使畏缩；vi.枯萎，衰退，消亡

参考例句：

• She grows as a flower does-she will wither without sun.她象鲜花一样成长--没有太阳就会凋谢。
• In autumn the leaves wither and fall off the trees.秋天，树叶枯萎并从树上落下来。

2 larks   

n.百灵科鸟（尤指云雀）( lark的名词复数 )；一大早就起床；鸡鸣即起；（因太费力而不想干时说）算了v.百灵科鸟（尤指云雀）( lark的第三人称单数 )；一大早就起床；鸡鸣即起；（因太费力而不想干时说）算了

参考例句：

• Maybe if she heard the larks sing she'd write. 玛丽听到云雀的歌声也许会写信的。 来自名作英译部分
• But sure there are no larks in big cities. 可大城市里哪有云雀呢。” 来自名作英译部分

3 banish   

vt.放逐，驱逐；消除，排除

参考例句：

• The doctor advised her to banish fear and anxiety.医生劝她消除恐惧和忧虑。
• He tried to banish gloom from his thought.他试图驱除心中的忧愁。

4 lute   

n.琵琶，鲁特琴

参考例句：

• He idly plucked the strings of the lute.他漫不经心地拨弄着鲁特琴的琴弦。
• He knows how to play the Chinese lute.他会弹琵琶。