双语有声阅读：我最喜欢的颜色

My Favorite Color

 

我最喜欢的颜色

Have you ever seen the rainbow,

你见过彩虹吗?

whose colors puzzled me so much in my childhood, in the blue sky after a heavy rain?

在我童年时,彩虹的色彩让我大为不解，在一场大雨后出现在蓝天中的彩虹。

Green is,and will always be,my favorite color.

可现在只有绿色是我最喜欢的颜色，将来也是如此。

Somebody told me that green is the mixture of two primary colors yellow and blue

有人告诉我,绿色是两种颜色的混合物--黄色和蓝色,

just as most green in nature is given life by blue sky and yellow earth.

正如自然界中的大多数绿色生命是由蓝天和黄土地孕育出来的一样。

Since I love life, I love the color green.

因为我热爱生命,所以我喜欢绿色。

The color green always gives me

绿色总是给我

an impression of being full of vitality¹ and vigour².

充满生机和活力的感觉。

When somebody is called an"evergreen tree",

当有人被称为"常青树"时，

the appreciation³ and the admiration⁴ are showed from the words.

话语间充满了欣赏和倾慕之情。

The color of green symbolizes⁵ hope.

绿色象征希望，

When a despairing traveler in a desert sees a piece of far-away oasis⁶,

当沙漠中一个绝望的旅行者看见远方的一片绿洲时，

the hope of survival is sure to rise in his heart.

生存的希望就会从心底升起。

So the color green always inspires me.

所以,绿色总是鼓舞着我。

Maybe now you can understand why I prefer green to other colors.

也许现在你能明白为什么我喜欢绿色胜过其他颜色了吧。

1 vitality   

n.活力，生命力，效力

参考例句：

• He came back from his holiday bursting with vitality and good health.他度假归来之后，身强体壮，充满活力。
• He is an ambitious young man full of enthusiasm and vitality.他是个充满热情与活力的有远大抱负的青年。

2 vigour   

（=vigor）n.智力，体力，精力

参考例句：

• She is full of vigour and enthusiasm.她有热情，有朝气。
• At 40,he was in his prime and full of vigour.他40岁时正年富力强。

3 appreciation   

n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨

参考例句：

• I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
• I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。

4 admiration   

n.钦佩，赞美，羡慕

参考例句：

• He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。
• We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。

5 symbolizes   

v.象征，作为…的象征( symbolize的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The use of light and dark symbolizes good and evil. 用光明与黑暗来象征善与恶。
• She likes olive because It'symbolizes peace. 她喜欢橄榄色因为它象征着和平。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 oasis   

n.（沙漠中的）绿洲，宜人的地方

参考例句：

• They stopped for the night at an oasis.他们在沙漠中的绿洲停下来过夜。
• The town was an oasis of prosperity in a desert of poverty.该镇是贫穷荒漠中的一块繁荣的“绿洲”。