每日英文学习：Light英文空间（19）
2019/03/11 星期一 晴
英文版
Mar 11:
Water. the thought was cooling, but it was immediately lowed by an overpowering, violent thirst.
Ying rubbed her lower back and peered into the distance.
The stars weren't out yet and there was a rosy afterglow above the western horizon.
The dark outline of the mountains was beautiful.
The wind had got up, a warm wind but refreshing.
If only they had enough to eat and drink and were here on holiday, it would beautiful place to be.
But not right now, not when the two of them were fighting for their lives.
Ying gazed numbly westwards and made herself swallow. If her lover was here, she thought, it would put him in a poetic mood.
Strangely, the thought of him left her numb too.
The feelings she had had before were gone. He was right, she thought, love is a feeling that doesn't last with the lack of water.
~An except from Selected Stories by Xuemo
Author: Xuemo, translated by Nicky Harman.
中文版
水呀，一想这个字，心里都清凉了，但随后，又会拽来一股汹涌的渴。莹儿揉揉腰，吃力地望去。
星星还没出来，西山上还有洇渗而去的红。山黑黝黝的，变成了很美的剪影。开始有了风，虽仍是暖风，但清沥了些。
要是水足饭饱，来这儿游玩，当然美极了。但面对挣命的莹儿们，一切都虚设了。
莹儿木然地望一眼西山，费劲地动动喉结。她想，要是那冤家见到这景致，不定会咋样发诗兴呢。
怪的是，此刻想到他，心也木木的，没以前那样的感觉了。她想，他说得对，爱情是一种感觉，不就仅仅是缺水吗？那感觉就淡多了。（摘自《白虎关》307页）
讲解笔记
【1】Golden sentence:
love is a feeling that doesn't last with the lack of water.
【2】Words:
overpower /ˌəʊvəˈpaʊə/ overpowering,overpowered,overpowers
1.
V-T If you overpower someone, you manage to take hold of and keep hold of them, although they struggle a lot. 制服
例：
It took ten guardsmen to overpower him.
动用了10个守卫才将他制服。
2.
V-T If a feeling overpowers you, it suddenly affects you very strongly. 突然极为强烈地影响
例：
A sudden dizziness overpowered him.
一阵突然的晕眩令他难以忍受。
peer /pɪə/ peering,peered,peers
1.
V-I If you peer at something, you look at it very hard, usually because it is difficult to see clearly. 费力地看; 盯着
例：
I had been peering at a computer print-out that made no sense at all.
我一直在费力地看一份不知所云的电脑打印稿。
afterglow /ˈɑːftəˌɡləʊ/
1.
N-UNCOUNT The afterglow is the glow that remains after a light has gone, for example, after the sun has gone down. 余晖
例：
...the light of the sunset's afterglow.
…夕阳的余晖。
Outline:
N-COUNT The outline of something is its general shape, especially when it cannot be clearly seen. 轮廓
例：
He could see only the hazy outline of the goalposts.
他只能看见球门柱模糊的轮廓。
Refreshing:
ADJ A refreshing bath or drink makes you feel energetic or cool again after you have been tired or hot. 使人感到清爽的; 使人精神恢复的
例：
Herbs have been used for centuries to make refreshing drinks.
草药用于调制清凉饮料已有几百年的历史了。
gaze /ɡeɪz/ gazing,gazed,gazes
1.
V-I If you gaze at someone or something, you look steadily at them for a long time, for example because you find them attractive or interesting, or because you are thinking about something else. 凝视
例：
...gazing at herself in the mirror.
…凝视着镜中的她自己。
numb /nʌm/ numbing,numbed,numbs
1.
ADJ If a part of your body is numb, you cannot feel anything there. 麻木的
例：
He could feel his fingers growing numb at their tips.
他能感觉到他的手指尖正在变得麻木。
poetic /pəʊˈɛtɪk/
1.
ADJ Something that is poetic is very beautiful and expresses emotions in a sensitive or moving way. 富有诗意的
例：
Nikolai Demidenko gave an exciting yet poetic performance.
尼古拉·德米丹柯献上了一场激动人心而又富有诗意的演出。
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