美国语文第五册 第108期:无信仰的内莉-盖(1

 　　Ben Battle was a soldier bold, 本·巴特是位年轻士兵，

　　And used to war's alarms; 冲锋在前，杀敌勇猛，

　　But a cannon¹ ball took off his legs, 炮火中，他失去了双腿，

　　So he laid down his arms! 无奈中，只有退出战斗。

　　Now, as they bore him off the field, 战友们，将他撤离战场，

　　Said he, Let others shoot, 他说，好吧，让别人为我报仇，

　　For here I leave my second leg, 这块战场，我留下两条腿，

　　And the Forty-second Foot! 总共四十二条腿，丢在这里了。

　　The army surgeons made him limbs; 随军医生，为他做副假肢，

　　Said he, They're only pegs²: 他说，这些可都是木头疙瘩，

　　But there's as wooden members quite, 唉！看来只有这些玩意，

　　As represent my legs! 才能代表，我这双假腿！

　　Now Ben, he loved a pretty maid, 本爱上一位漂亮姑娘，

　　Her Name was Nelly Gray; 她的名字，叫内莉·盖，

　　So he went to pay her his devoirs, 他告诉女孩，对她的仰慕，

　　When he'd devoured³ his pay. 没想到，却是自咽苦果。

　　But when he called on Nelly Gray, 他急切前去，探望姑娘，

　　She made him quite a scoff⁴; 她却嘲笑，他像个傻瓜，

　　And when she saw his wooden legs, 看见他那双木制假腿，

　　Began to take them off! 一气之下，将它们扔掉！

　　O Nelly Gray! O Nelly Gray! 哦，内莉·盖！内莉·盖！

　　Is this your love so warm '? 这，难道就是你温暖的爱？

　　The love that loves a scarlet⁵ coat, 你追求，那种奢华虚荣，

　　Should be more uniform! 面对残疾士兵，你怎会动心？

1 cannon   

n.大炮，火炮；飞机上的机关炮

参考例句：

• The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵们开炮。
• The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山间轰鸣。

2 pegs   

n.衣夹( peg的名词复数 )；挂钉；系帐篷的桩；弦钮v.用夹子或钉子固定( peg的第三人称单数 )；使固定在某水平

参考例句：

• She hung up the shirt with two (clothes) pegs. 她用两只衣夹挂上衬衫。 来自辞典例句
• The vice-presidents were all square pegs in round holes. 各位副总裁也都安排得不得其所。 来自辞典例句

3 devoured   

吞没( devour的过去式和过去分词 )； 耗尽； 津津有味地看； 狼吞虎咽地吃光

参考例句：

• She devoured everything she could lay her hands on: books, magazines and newspapers. 无论是书、杂志，还是报纸，只要能弄得到，她都看得津津有味。
• The lions devoured a zebra in a short time. 狮子一会儿就吃掉了一匹斑马。

4 scoff   

n.嘲笑，笑柄，愚弄；v.嘲笑，嘲弄，愚弄，狼吞虎咽

参考例句：

• You are not supposed to scoff at religion.你不该嘲弄宗教。
• He was the scoff of the town.他成为全城的笑柄。

5 scarlet   

n.深红色，绯红色，红衣；adj.绯红色的

参考例句：

• The scarlet leaves of the maples contrast well with the dark green of the pines.深红的枫叶和暗绿的松树形成了明显的对比。
• The glowing clouds are growing slowly pale,scarlet,bright red,and then light red.天空的霞光渐渐地淡下去了，深红的颜色变成了绯红，绯红又变为浅红。