Night
佚名/Anonymous
Nighthasfallenoverthecountry.Throughthetreesrisestheredmoon,andthestarsarescarcelyseen.Inthevastshadowofnightthecoolnessandthedewsdescend.Isitattheopenwindowtoenjoythem;andhearonlythevoiceofthesummerwind.Likeblackhulks,theshadowsofthegreattreesrideatanchoronthebillowyseaofgrass.Icannotseetheredandbluef?lowers,butIknowthattheyarethere.FarawayinthemeadowgleamsthesilverCharles.Thetrampofhorses』hoofssoundsfromthewoodenbridge.Thenallisstillsavethecontinuouswindofthesummernight.SometimesIknownotifitbethewindorthesoundoftheneighboringsea.Thevillageclockstrikes;andIfeelthatIamnotalone.
Howdifferentitisinthecity!Itislate,andthecrowdisgone.Youstepoutuponthebalcony,andlieintheverybosomofthecool,dewynightasifyoufoldedhergarmentsaboutyou.Beneathliesthepublicwalkwithtrees,likeafathomless,blackgulf,intowhosesilentdarknessthespiritplunges,andf?loatsawaywithsomebelovedspiritclaspedinitsembrace.Thelampsarestillburningupanddownthelongstreet.Peoplegobywithgrotesqueshadows,nowforeshortened,andnowlengtheningawayintothedarknessandvanishing,whileanewonespringsupbehindthewalker,andseemstopasshimrevolvinglikethesailofawindmill.Theirongatesoftheparkshutwithajanglingclang.Therearefootstepsandloudvoices;—atumult;—adrunkenbrawl;—analarmoff?ire,—thensilenceagain.Andnowatlengththecityisasleep,andwecanseethenight.Thebelatedmoonlooksovertherooftopsandf?indsnoonetowelcomeher.Themoonlightisbroken.Itlieshereandthereinthesquares,andtheopeningofthestreets—angularlikebocksofwhitemarble.
夜幕籠罩著村莊。樹梢上升起一彎月牙，幾乎看不到星星。在夜無邊的黑暗裡，空氣濕涼，凝成露珠。我坐在打開的窗戶邊，欣賞夜色，傾聽夜裡唯一的夏風之聲。大樹的影子，像一隻隻錨定在綠草海洋裡的黑色船隻。儘管看不到紅色或藍色的花朵，但我知道那裡有鮮花盛開。草地的遠處，銀色的查爾斯河隱約閃現。木橋上傳來馬蹄聲，之後，便是一片寂靜，只有夏夜風持續的呼呼聲。有時，我分不清到底是風聲還是鄰近的海聲。村莊的時鐘敲響了，我覺得自己並不孤單。
與城市如此不同！天色已晚，人群也散去了。你踱出陽台，沐浴在涼爽的氣息中。夜晚彷彿將你包裹在它濕漉漉的外衣裡。陽台下是種著樹木的人行道，如同一條深不可測的黑色海灣，伸入這片寂靜的黑夜，在夜色的擁抱中，跟隨某個心愛的精靈一同飄走。燈火依舊明亮，照在長長的街道上，行人走過，留下奇怪的身影，時而變短，時而拉長，直到消失。此時，又有一個新的影子跟隨在行人之後，像風車的翼板，旋轉著似乎要超過行人。公園的鐵門關上了，傳來一陣刺耳的叮噹聲。外面傳來腳步聲和喧鬧聲——騷動聲，酒醉的爭吵聲，火警聲，接著一切又歸於平靜。終於，整個城市進入了夢鄉，我們可以欣賞夜晚的景色了。遲來的月亮躍上屋簷，發現人們都已沉睡，無人迎接它。月光碎了，灑在廣場的各處和空曠的街道——稜角分明得像一塊塊白色大理石。
記憶填空
1.Inthevastshadowofthecoolnessandthedewsdescend.Iattheopenwindowtoenjoythem;andonlythevoiceofthesummerwind.Likeblackhulks,theshadowsofthegreatrideatanchoronthebillowyseaofgrass.
2.Youstepuponthebalcony,andlieintheverybosomofthecool,dewyasifyoufoldedhergarmentsaboutyou.Beneathliesthepublicwalkwithtrees,likeafathomless,blackgulf,intosilentdarknessthespiritplunges,andf?loatsawaywithsomebelovedspiritclaspedinembrace.
佳句翻譯
1.樹梢上升起一彎月牙，幾乎看不到星星。
2.村莊的時鐘敲響了，我覺得自己並不孤單。
3.遲來的月亮躍上屋簷，發現人們都已沉睡，無人迎接它。
短語應用
1.Thelampsarestillburningupanddownthelongstreet.
upanddown：上上下下，完全地
2.Andnowatlengththecityisasleep,andwecanseethenight.
atlength：最終