【双语有声阅读】沁园春·雪

Snow Adopted After the Tune¹ of Chin Yuan Chun — Mao Zedong

 

沁园春·雪——毛泽东

 

North country scene:

 

北国风光，

A hundred leagues locked in ice,

千里冰封，

A thousand leagues of whirling snow.

万里雪飘。

Both sides of the Great Wall

望长城内外，

One single white immensity.

惟余莽莽；

The Yellow River's swift current

大河上下，

Is stilled from end to end.

顿失滔滔。

The mountains dance like silver snakes

山舞银蛇，

And the highlands charge like wax-hued elephants,

原驰蜡象，

Vying² with heaven in stature³.

欲与天公试比高。

On a fine day, the land,

须晴日，

Clad in white, adorned⁴ in red,

看红装素裹，

Grows more enchanting⁵.

分外妖娆。

This land so rich in beauty

江山如此多娇，

Has made countless⁶ heroes bow in homage⁷.

引无数英雄竞折腰。

But alas⁸! Chin Shih-huang and Han Wu-ti

惜秦皇汉武，

Were lacking in literary grace,

略输文采；

And Tang Tai-tsung and Sung Tai-tsu

唐宗宋祖，

Had little poetry in their souls;

稍逊风骚。

And Genghis Khan, Proud Son of Heaven for a day,

一代天骄，成吉思汗，

Knew only shooting eagles, bow outstretched

只识弯弓射大雕。

All are past and gone!

俱往矣，

For truly great men

数风流人物，

Look to this age alone.

还看今朝。

1 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

2 vying   

adj.竞争的；比赛的

参考例句：

• California is vying with other states to capture a piece of the growing communications market.为了在日渐扩大的通讯市场分得一杯羹，加利福尼亚正在和其他州展开竞争。
• Four rescue plans are vying to save the zoo.4个拯救动物园的方案正争得不可开交。

3 stature   

n.（高度）水平，（高度）境界，身高，身材

参考例句：

• He is five feet five inches in stature.他身高5英尺5英寸。
• The dress models are tall of stature.时装模特儿的身材都较高。

4 adorned   

[计]被修饰的

参考例句：

• The walls were adorned with paintings. 墙上装饰了绘画。
• And his coat was adorned with a flamboyant bunch of flowers. 他的外套上面装饰着一束艳丽刺目的鲜花。

5 enchanting   

a.讨人喜欢的

参考例句：

• His smile, at once enchanting and melancholy, is just his father's. 他那种既迷人又有些忧郁的微笑，活脱儿象他父亲。
• Its interior was an enchanting place that both lured and frightened me. 它的里头是个吸引人的地方，我又向往又害怕。

6 countless   

adj.无数的，多得不计其数的

参考例句：

• In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
• I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。

7 homage   

n.尊敬，敬意，崇敬

参考例句：

• We pay homage to the genius of Shakespeare.我们对莎士比亚的天才表示敬仰。
• The soldiers swore to pay their homage to the Queen.士兵们宣誓效忠于女王陛下。

8 alas   

int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等)

参考例句：

• Alas!The window is broken!哎呀！窗子破了！
• Alas,the truth is less romantic.然而，真理很少带有浪漫色彩。