美国语文第六册 第13期:大扫除(2)

　　The walls are stripped of their furniture—paintings, prints, and looking-glasses lie huddled¹ in heaps about the floors;

　　墙壁四周的家具给挪开了——地板上堆满了装饰画，印刷品和镜子；

　　the curtains are torn from their testers, the beds crammed² into windows, chairs and tables, bedsteads and cradles, crowd the yard,

　　窗帘盒扣住的窗帘给扯了下来，床都推到了窗跟前，院子里到处都是椅子、桌子、床架和摇篮。

　　and the garden fence bends beneath the weight of carpets, blankets, cloth cloaks, old coats, under petticoats, and ragged³ breeches.

　　花园的栅栏被上面搭着的地毯、毛毯，大衣、旧衣服、衬裙和马裤压得都弯了。

　　Here may be seen the lumber⁴ of the kitchen, forming a dark and confused mass for the foreground of the picture;

　　在这里也许能见到厨房里的杂物，共同组成了一幅图画黑魆魆和乱成一团的前景。

　　gridirons and frying pans, rusty⁵ shovels⁶ and broken tongs⁷, joint⁸ stools, and the fractured remains⁹ of rush-bottomed chairs.

　　烤架和煎锅，生锈的铲子和折了的火钳、折凳，还有残破不堪的灯心草椅垫。

　　There a closet has disgorged its bowels—riveted plates and dishes, halves of china bowls, cracked tumblers, broken wineglasses,

　　碗橱里的碗碟——用铆钉固定住的盘子和碟子，碎成两半的瓷碗，裂了缝的玻璃酒杯，碎了的葡萄酒杯，

　　phials of forgotten physic, papers of unknown powders, seeds and dried herbs, tops of teapots, and stoppers of departed decanters,

　　被遗忘的药用小玻璃瓶，用纸包着的不晓得名称的粉状物质，种子和干草，茶壶盖和老式玻璃水瓶瓶塞，

　　from the rag hole in the garret, to the rat hole in the cellar, no place escapes unrummaged.

　　从阁楼里的破布头，到地窖里的老鼠洞，没有一个地方能逃过这场大搜寻。

　　It would seem as if the day of general doom¹⁰ had come, and the utensils¹¹ of the house were dragged forth¹² to judgment¹³.

　　仿佛白天的劫数注定会到来，这幢房子里的物什都会被拖出来接受审判。

　　In this tempest, the words of King Lear unavoidably present themselves, and might, with little alteration¹⁴, be made strictly¹⁵ applicable.

　　在这场暴风雨中，李尔王的独白不可避免地表现出他们的心迹，也许有稍许改变，但再适当不过。

1 huddled   

挤在一起（huddle的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
• We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。

2 crammed   

adj.塞满的，挤满的；大口地吃；快速贪婪地吃v.把…塞满；填入；临时抱佛脚( cram的过去式)

参考例句：

• He crammed eight people into his car. 他往他的车里硬塞进八个人。
• All the shelves were crammed with books. 所有的架子上都堆满了书。

3 ragged   

adj.衣衫褴褛的，粗糙的，刺耳的

参考例句：

• A ragged shout went up from the small crowd.这一小群人发出了刺耳的喊叫。
• Ragged clothing infers poverty.破衣烂衫意味着贫穷。

4 lumber   

n.木材，木料；v.以破旧东西堆满；伐木；笨重移动

参考例句：

• The truck was sent to carry lumber.卡车被派出去运木材。
• They slapped together a cabin out of old lumber.他们利用旧木料草草地盖起了一间小屋。

5 rusty   

adj.生锈的；锈色的；荒废了的

参考例句：

• The lock on the door is rusty and won't open.门上的锁锈住了。
• I haven't practiced my French for months and it's getting rusty.几个月不用，我的法语又荒疏了。

6 shovels   

n.铲子( shovel的名词复数 )；锹；推土机、挖土机等的)铲；铲形部份v.铲子( shovel的第三人称单数 )；锹；推土机、挖土机等的)铲；铲形部份

参考例句：

• workmen with picks and shovels 手拿镐铲的工人
• In the spring, we plunge shovels into the garden plot, turn under the dark compost. 春天，我们用铁锨翻开园子里黑油油的沃土。 来自辞典例句

7 tongs   

n.钳；夹子

参考例句：

• She used tongs to put some more coal on the fire.她用火钳再夹一些煤放进炉子里。
• He picked up the hot metal with a pair of tongs.他用一把钳子夹起这块热金属。

8 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

9 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

10 doom   

n.厄运，劫数；v.注定，命定

参考例句：

• The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
• The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。

11 utensils   

器具，用具，器皿( utensil的名词复数 )； 器物

参考例句：

• Formerly most of our household utensils were made of brass. 以前我们家庭用的器皿多数是用黄铜做的。
• Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。

12 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

13 judgment   

n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见

参考例句：

• The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
• He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。

14 alteration   

n.变更，改变；蚀变

参考例句：

• The shirt needs alteration.这件衬衣需要改一改。
• He easily perceived there was an alteration in my countenance.他立刻看出我的脸色和往常有些不同。

15 strictly   

adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地

参考例句：

• His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
• The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。