Light 英文空间(15)

Light 英文空间(15)

Remember, whatever happens, don't be afraid. Fear kills. Once you start to be afraid,it gets worse, it creeps up on you, little by little. It's a seed that germinates and blossoms and sets seed again. Eventually it becomes a smothering black cloud, or a great flood that drowns you. You'll lose the will to struggle on and you'll just give up and let yourself die. You'll die because your mind died first. Once your mind dies,you're dead .（page  173)

~Xuemo, translated by Nicky Harman.

你记住，无论如何，你都不要害怕。害怕是啥？害怕是杀你的刀子。你一害怕，它就会越来越厉害。那害怕，开始只有一点点，慢慢的，只要你心里有了害怕的种子，它就会生根发芽开花结果。最后，害怕就变成满天的大雾，会罩住你；会变成满天的大水，会淹了你。你就会听天由命了，你就懒得走路，懒得挣扎，你就会想，算了，可能我就这么个命吧。这样，你就死定了。因为你的心先死了。你的心一死，你也就死了。(摘自《白虎关》301页）

Golden sentence:

Once your mind dies,you're dead .

你的心一死，你也就死了。

Words:

creep /kriːp/ 

creeping,crept,creeps

V-I When people or animals creep somewhere, they move quietly and slowly. 悄悄地缓慢行进

例：

Back I go to the hotel and creep up to my room.

我回到旅馆，蹑手蹑脚地进了房间。

Love tends to creep up on us .

爱情，总是喜欢悄悄到来。

germinate /ˈdʒɜːmɪˌneɪt/  germinating,germinated,germinates

V-T/V-I If a seed germinates or if it is germinated, it starts to grow. 使发芽; 发芽

例：

Some seed varieties germinate fast, so check every day or so.

有一些品种的种子发芽快，所以差不多每天都要察看一下。

blossom /ˈblɒsəm/  blossoming,blossomed,blossoms

1.

N-VAR Blossom is the flowers that appear on a tree before the fruit. (果树的) 花

例：

The cherry blossom came out early in Washington this year.

华盛顿的樱花今年开得早。

smother /ˈsmʌðə/  smothering,smothered,smothers

1.

V-T If you smother a fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out. 把 (火) 闷熄

例：

The girl's parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames.

女孩的父母在试图闷熄火苗时也被烧伤了。

drown /draʊn/  d