The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Chapter02-01)
本帖最后由 learnEnglish 于 2009-10-16 00:24 编辑SATURDAY morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in every heart; and if the heart was young the music issued at the lips. There was cheer in every face and a spring in every step. The locust-trees were in bloom and the fragrance of the blossoms filled the air. Cardiff Hill, beyond the village and above it, was green with vegetation and it lay just far enough away to seem a Delectable Land, dreamy, reposeful, and inviting.
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brim with = 洋溢着, 充满着
in bloom = (花)盛开着
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Saturday morning was come => "come" is the past participle of the verb "come" used as adjective here.
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lie, lay, lain = 置于...状态, 位于, etc.
lie, lied, lied = 说谎, etc.
lay, laid, laid = 放置, etc.
issue = 流出, etc.
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life = 生气, 活力, etc.
spring = 弹力, 活力, etc.
locust-tree = 槐树
fragrance
blossom
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inviting = 引人动心的, 有魅力的
delectable
reposeful
-------------------- {:4_284:}今天能把chapter2写完么？ {:4_285:}楼主呢？ 本帖最后由 learnEnglish 于 2009-10-16 00:20 编辑
I was tied up with something else just now.
I will continue to read Chapter2 tonight. I was tied up with something else just now.
I will continue to read Chapter2 tonight.
learnEnglish 发表于 2009-10-16 00:10 http://dolc.de/forum/images/common/back.gif
加油！
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Chapter02-02)
本帖最后由 learnEnglish 于 2009-10-17 20:38 编辑Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden. Sighing, he dipped his brush and passed it along the topmost plank; repeated the operation; did it again; compared the insignificant whitewashed streak with the far-reaching continent of unwhitewashed fence, and sat down on a tree-box discouraged. Jim came skipping out at the gate with a tin pail, and singing ~Buffalo Gals. Bringing water from the town pump had always been hateful work in Tom's eyes, before, but now it did not strike him so. He remembered that there was company at the pump. White, mulatto, and negro boys and girls were always there waiting their turns, resting, trading playthings, quarrelling, fighting, skylarking. And he remembered that although the pump was only a hundred and fifty yards off, Jim never got back with a bucket of water under an hour -- and even then somebody generally had to go after him. Tom said:
"Say, Jim, I'll fetch the water if you'll whitewash some."
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settle down = 安顿下来, 定居
go after = 追在后面(催促), 追逐, 追求
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even then = 尽管那样, 甚至在那时
a mile off = 一英里远
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Buffalo Gals => "Buffalo Gals" is a traditional American song.
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Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high => Thirty yards of board fence was nine feet high.
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far-reaching = 深远的, 伸至远处的
continent = 自制的,etc.
hollow= 沉闷的, 空洞的, etc.
insignificant
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company = 同伴, etc.
turn = (排队)次序, etc.
bucket
melancholy
existence
burden
streak
plank
pump
mulatto
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pass = 使移过, etc.
strike = 给以印象, 使想起, etc.
survey
dip
compare
discourage
skip
trade
quarrel
skylark
fetch
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{:4_290:} Thank you for your encouragement.
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learnEnglish 发表于 2009-10-16 02:19 http://dolc.de/forum/images/common/back.gif
because i wanna read huck finn with you as soon as possible