以后真的不能熬夜了。
这篇散文很有意境，和读的上一篇《月亮升起来》的描写有类似的一些地方，比如都隐约透露出城市逐渐吞噬着记忆中的自然。城市的生活让人生逐渐没有了灵动等等，发现很多散文也喜欢引用诗歌。
Creeks don't get named for Civil War generals of Indian chiefs.They take their names from whatever's handy:Rock Creek,Mill Creek, or Mud Creek.
开篇很简洁，小溪不是以大人物的名字来命名的，而是信手占来的。
一般说起来小溪就是stream。二者区别
A creek is very like a stream but even faster,though less reliable as it can dry up...it's often run-off from the snow.(释义摘自作业帮)
An Ohio woman feels suddenly at home again as she remembers catching crayfish in the creek behind her parent's house.
举例中的一个。每个人想起小溪，尤其是故乡的小溪小河就会充满温情。
crayfish是刚学的一个词，就是小龙虾(淡水虾，或者叫蝲蛄la gu)
eg. Spicy crayfish is a necessity for a midnight meal. 夜宵麻辣小龙虾必不可少。
On hot summer days the quiet water flowed clear and cold over gravel bars where I fished for trout.
这一段让豹豹想起在河边静静坐着看河水流淌，波光粼粼的曾经。很恍然隔世。
trout鳟鱼，纳尼亚中出现过。后文还有一个词为rainbow trout 虹鳟鱼，北美，全身有黑点，纵向红色条纹而得名。
Nothing historic ever happens in these recollected creeks. But their persistence in memory suggests that creeks are bigger than they seem, more a part of our hearts and minds than mighty rivers.
记忆中的小溪没什么惊天动地的大事，却是这些细微的动人长久地存在生命的印记中。
While rivers are heavy with sophistication and sediment,creeks are clear,innocent,boisterous,full of dream and promise. A child can wade across them without a parent's cautions. You can go it alone,jig for crayfish,swing from ropes along the bank. Greeks belong to childhood,drawing you into the wider world,teaching you the curve of the earth.
Sophistication一般指世故老练
Sophistication is the quality of being intelligent and knowing a lot, so that you are able to understand complicated situations.
sediment:沉积，积淀。
boisterous 活泼的
小溪属于童年，为孩子勾勒出大地轮廓的蜿蜒。
Poet Robert Frost wrote:'It flows between us,over us,and with us. And it is time,strength,tone,light,life,and love.'
诗人罗伯特·弗罗斯特的诗句。(第一次见)
在之前的篇幅中有引用莎翁的诗词，歌颂的月亮。How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!/ Here will we sit and let sounds of music/ Creep in our ears.(出自威尼斯商人)
The pursuit liquefies my citified haste and lifts weight from my shoulders.
这种追寻洗去都市化的匆忙，卸掉人肩上的重担。
citified: (derogatory贬义) having the customs, manners, or dress of city people 有都市风情的
之前篇幅中出现过类似的句子
I wonder if their verse and music, like the music of crickets, are in some way voices of the moon. With such thoughts, my citified confusions melt into the quiet of the night.
这一篇文读下来让人很安静。不错的一篇文，有兴趣自行搜索，百度文库好像有全篇，因为豹豹没刻意搜索，部分手打所以这篇就更新到这了。毕竟过度整理不过是浪费时光罢了。
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