双语有声阅读：忙碌的早晨

What a Busy Morning

 

忙碌的早晨

Either the first streaming of the sunshine,which broke the dark night,

打破黑夜的第一道阳光，

or the hurried steps on the stairs made by those who hastened to catch the time

或是楼上赶时间的人匆忙的脚步声，

brough me back to consciousness,and before my window of heart being opened,

把我从睡梦中唤醒.在迎接新的一天到来之前，

my hand had reached out of the warm quilt

我先把手从暖和的被窝中伸出来

to the watch placed on the bed-stand.

抓起放在床头的表。

With a sleeping look at the watch,

迷糊中看了看表，

I repeated the time deep in my heart,"Twenty to seven."

心中默念着"七点差二十分"。

"What?Twenty to seven?"

"什么?七点差二十分?"

Throwing the quilt aside without losing time,

把被子一扔,为了抓紧时间，

I jumped to my feet and addressed myself at flying speed.

我踮着脚，边跑边穿衣服。

With a basin,in which lay the tooth- brush and toothpaste on my left hand,

左手拿着脸盆，里面放着牙刷，牙膏；

and the towel around my neck,I hurried to the washroom.

脖上围着洗脸毛巾,我飞般地冲进了卫生间。

Putting down the basin and switching on the tap,

放下脸盆,打开水龙头,

I turned to the closet and took out of a bag of instant noodles,

转向壁柜,拿出一袋速食面

with the purpose of cooking myself breakfast.

来做早餐。

Hot vapor¹ rose from the pot.

热气从水壶中冒出来。

I stood brushing my yellowish teeth beside the hearth²,

站在炉前,我一边刷着泛黄的牙,

monitoring the cooking process.

一边准备早餐。

Few minutes later, the noodles were ready,and washing was done.

几分钟后,早餐好了,洗漱完了.

Hot as it was,it couldn't hinder³ me from eating.

尽管很烫,我还是吃下去了。

As I got to my feet and walked to the door,

迈开步伐朝门口走去,

I picked up a piece of scroll⁴ to wipe off the grease⁵ around my rosy⁶ mouth

我撕了一卷纸擦去红唇上边的油渍。

As I was running towards the regular bus stop,

当我朝车站奔去时,

the bus started off and and disappeared in the distance...

公交车刚刚出发,消失在远处......

1 vapor   

n.蒸汽，雾气

参考例句：

• The cold wind condenses vapor into rain.冷风使水蒸气凝结成雨。
• This new machine sometimes transpires a lot of hot vapor.这部机器有时排出大量的热气。

2 hearth   

n.壁炉炉床，壁炉地面

参考例句：

• She came and sat in a chair before the hearth.她走过来，在炉子前面的椅子上坐下。
• She comes to the hearth,and switches on the electric light there.她走到壁炉那里，打开电灯。

3 hinder   

adj.后面的；v.阻碍，打扰

参考例句：

• Don't hinder me in my work.不要妨碍我的工作。
• Nobody wants to hinder your doing that.谁也不想阻止你做那件事。

4 scroll   

n.卷轴，纸卷；(石刻上的)漩涡

参考例句：

• As I opened the scroll,a panorama of the Yellow River unfolded.我打开卷轴时，黄河的景象展现在眼前。
• He was presented with a scroll commemorating his achievements.他被授予一幅卷轴，以表彰其所做出的成就。

5 grease   

n.动物脂，油脂，润滑脂；v.抹油，润滑

参考例句：

• He puts grease on his hair to make It'shiny.他往头发上擦油，使之发亮。
• You have a grease spot on your shirt.你的衬衣上有块油斑。

6 rosy   

adj.美好的，乐观的，玫瑰色的

参考例句：

• She got a new job and her life looks rosy.她找到一份新工作，生活看上去很美好。
• She always takes a rosy view of life.她总是对生活持乐观态度。