双语有声阅读：Let Me Put It This Way

Let Me Put It This Way by Simon Armitage

Let me put it this way:

if you came to lay your sleeping head against my arm or sleeve,

and if my arm went dead,or if I had to take my leave at midnight,

I should rather cleave¹ it from the joint² or seam

than make a scene or bring you round.

There,how does that sound?

1 cleave   

v．(clave；cleaved)粘着，粘住；坚持；依恋

参考例句：

• It examines how the decision to quit gold or to cleave to it affected trade policies.论文分析了放弃或坚持金本位是如何影响贸易政策的。
• Those who cleave to the latter view include many conservative American politicians.坚持后一种观点的大多是美国的保守派政客。

2 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。