每日英文学习：Light英文空间（23）

每日英文学习：Light英文空间（23）

2019/03/15          星期五            晴

英文版

Mar 15:

Finally, a glittering whiteness met their eyes.

It dazzled against the yellow, sun-drenched sands. It was only when they drew closer that they realised the earth was encrusted with salt.

Here. there was not a blade of grass to be seen. The combination of blazing sun and saline water underground had baked the earth spongy soft like a steamed bun.

The air was moister than before. and smelled of the sea.

Lan Lan was happy. We're nearly at the saltpans, 'she said. "This is what the edge is like.

The camel snorted triumphantly. Ying, who should have been excited, felt an odd sort of tranquillity instead.

She was afraid that this thing she had longed to find would once again, prove unknowably strange.(page 251-252)

~An except from Selected Stories by Xuemo

Author: Xuemo, translated by Nicky Harman.

中文版

莹儿们终于看到了一片耀目的白。

在黄沙里浸了多日，那白很是扎眼。走得近些，才见那是盐碱地。这儿，真寸草不生了。

盐碱将地皮儿蒸出老高，踩上去软软的。空气也潮了些，有种大海的咸味了。

兰兰高兴地说，快到盐池了。她说，盐碱边上，都这样。

驼也高兴地叫了。那声音，有种唢呐的喜庆味。

按说，莹儿也该高兴的，不料却有种奇怪的平静。她怕自己寻觅来的，是又一次失落。(摘自《白虎关》375页)

讲解笔记

【1】Golden sentence:

Ying, who should have been excited, felt an odd sort of tranquillity instead.

【2】Words:

glitter /ˈɡlɪtə/ glittering,glittered,glitters:V-I If something glitters, light comes from or is reflected off different parts of it. 闪闪发光 例：The bay glittered in the sunshine.海湾在阳光下闪闪发光。

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dazzle /ˈdæzəl/ :

V-T If a bright light dazzles you, it makes you unable to see properly for a short time. 使目眩

例：

The sun, glinting from the pool, dazzled me.

池水折射的阳光使我目眩。

drench:/drɛntʃ/

v. 灌药；使湿透；n. 浸湿；大剂量药液

permeate or impregnate

The war drenched the country in blood

同义词： imbrue

encrust:[in'krʌst]V to cover or overlay with or as with a crust or hard coating 包硬外壳于

Be encrusted with

saline /ˈseɪlaɪn/ ADJ A saline substance or liquid contains salt. 含盐的 例：...a saline solution....一种含盐溶液。

spongy /ˈspʌndʒɪ/ADJ Something that is spongy is soft and can be pressed in, like a sponge. 海绵般柔软而有弹性的 例：The earth was spongy from rain.雨后的泥土柔软且富有弹性。

steamed bun:馒头

moist /mɔɪst/ moister,moistestADJ Something that is moist is slightly wet. 湿润的 例：The soil is reasonably moist after the September rain.9月的雨水之后，土壤适度湿润。

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triumphant /traɪˈʌmfənt/ ADJ Someone who is triumphant has gained a victory or succeeded in something and feels very happy about it. (因胜利或成功而) 得意洋洋的 例：The captain's voice was triumphant.船长的声音听起来得意洋洋的。

triumphantly [trai'ʌmfəntli]

* adv.in a triumphant manner she shouted triumphantly。

snort /snɔːt/ snorting,snorted,snortsV-I When people or animals snort, they breathe air noisily out through their noses. People sometimes snort in order to express disapproval or amusement. 喷鼻息 (有时表示不赞同或可笑) 例：Harrell snorted with laughter.哈雷尔扑哧一声笑了。

an odd sort of tranquillity

unknownable ADJ If you describe something as unknowable, you mean that it is impossible for human beings to know anything about it. 不可知的 例：The specific impact of the greenhouse effect is unknowable.温室效应的具体影响尚不可知。

unknowably/ʌnˈnəʊəbəli/

blade /bleɪd/

N-COUNT A blade of grass is a single piece of grass. 草叶

例：

Brian began to tear blades of grass from between the bricks.

布赖恩开始从砖缝儿里拔草叶。

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今日心迹：今天打卡晚了，老师还在等待，很感谢(^_^)  今天笔记也发晚了，晚安吧。