双语有声阅读：城市的黎明

The City at Dawn

 

城市的黎明

It is alway a wonder-ful time to gaze at the beauty of nature in the morning.

清晨,凝视着大自然的美景,总是美妙的。

It makes our minds become so peaceful and calm

这样会让我们的心变得宁静安然，

that all our worries and sorrows leave us at once.

忧虑和愁苦就会立刻远离我们。

But as residents of the city,

但是作为城市的居民，

we can hardly enjoy nature's morning beauty,

我们很难欣赏大自然的清晨美景，

despite the fact that we rise at dawn.

尽管我们黎明即起。

The morning peaceful atmosphere is in- variably spoiled by the usual city life.

清晨的宁静气氛总是会被惯常的城市生活破坏。

Even before daybreak

甚至在天还未破晓时，

the trams and buses have already begun to disturb the silence.

电车和公共汽车早已打破了寂静。

And the sounds made by the brooms of the street-sweepers are the typical noises

清洁工的扫帚声是典型的噪声，

that jar your ears in the early morning in the streets of a city.

在清晨的城市的街道，它刺激着你的耳朵。

Soon,school children and office workers begin to set off to their destinations.

不久,学生和办公室职员开始动身到他们的目的地去。

The streets are jammed by pubic vehicles and motorcars.

街上堵塞着公交车和小汽车，

The roads are all crowded with people of all ranks.

路上挤满了人。

Buses are packed with passengers who are squashed so tightly together

公共汽车里挤满了乘客他们挤得紧紧的，

that they seem to be tinned sardines¹.

看起来像是装在罐头里的沙丁鱼。

At this hour,the city everywhere is filled with all sorts of noises,

此刻,城市到处都混杂着各种嘈杂声，

adding to the rumbling² of trams

再加上电车的隆隆声，

and the honks³ of the big and small motorcars,commercial vehicles,etc.

大小汽车,货车等等的喇叭声。

It seems the city in the morning

似乎早晨的城市

is like an exodus⁴ of all the citizens from their homes.

就像是所有市民从他们家成群结队地走出来。

1 sardines   

n. 沙丁鱼

参考例句：

• The young of some kinds of herring are canned as sardines. 有些种类的鲱鱼幼鱼可制成罐头。
• Sardines can be eaten fresh but are often preserved in tins. 沙丁鱼可以吃新鲜的，但常常是装听的。

2 rumbling   

n. 隆隆声, 辘辘声 adj. 隆隆响的 动词rumble的现在分词

参考例句：

• The earthquake began with a deep [low] rumbling sound. 地震开始时发出低沉的隆隆声。
• The crane made rumbling sound. 吊车发出隆隆的响声。

3 honks   

n.雁叫声( honk的名词复数 )；汽车的喇叭声v.（使）发出雁叫似的声音，鸣（喇叭），按（喇叭）( honk的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• In the fall we sometimes hear honks as a flock of geese flies south. 到了秋天，有时我们能听到南飞雁群的叫声。 来自辞典例句
• A wild- goose honks. 雁鸣。 来自互联网

4 exodus   

v.大批离去，成群外出

参考例句：

• The medical system is facing collapse because of an exodus of doctors.由于医生大批离去，医疗系统面临崩溃。
• Man's great challenge at this moment is to prevent his exodus from this planet.人在当前所遇到的最大挑战，就是要防止人从这个星球上消失。