双语有声阅读：希望是鸟儿

Hope is the thing with feathers

 

That perches¹ in the soul,

 

And sings the tune² without the words,

 

And never stops at all.

 

The sweetest in the gale³ is heard;

 

And sore must be the storm

 

That could abash⁴ the little bird

 

That kept so many warm.

 

I've heard it in the chillest land,

 

And on the strangest sea;

 

Yet, never,in extremity⁵,

 

It asked a crumb⁶ of me.

 

希望是鸟儿，

 

在人们心灵栖居，

 

唱着无词的歌儿，

 

永无止息。

 

心灵是甜蜜的避风港

 

只有猛烈的风暴，

 

才能威胁希望，

 

这慰藉心灵的小鸟。

 

它歌唱在最寒冷的地方

 

最陌生的海洋

 

纵然身处绝境，

 

也不索取分毫。

1 perches   

栖息处( perch的名词复数 )； 栖枝； 高处； 鲈鱼

参考例句：

• Other protection can be obtained by providing wooden perches througout the orchards. 其它保护措施是可在种子园中到处设置木制的栖木。
• The birds were hopping about on their perches and twittering. 鸟儿在栖木上跳来跳去，吱吱地叫着。

2 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

3 gale   

n.大风，强风，一阵闹声（尤指笑声等）

参考例句：

• We got our roof blown off in the gale last night.昨夜的大风把我们的房顶给掀掉了。
• According to the weather forecast,there will be a gale tomorrow.据气象台预报，明天有大风。

4 abash   

v.使窘迫，使局促不安

参考例句：

• Nothing could abash him.没有什么可以使他感到难堪。
• When the child see all the room fille with strangers,he is much abash.那小孩一看到满屋子都是陌生人，感到非常局促不安。

5 extremity   

n.末端，尽头；尽力；终极；极度

参考例句：

• I hope you will help them in their extremity.我希望你能帮助在穷途末路的他们。
• What shall we do in this extremity?在这种极其困难的情况下我们该怎么办呢？

6 crumb   

n.饼屑，面包屑，小量

参考例句：

• It was the only crumb of comfort he could salvage from the ordeal.这是他从这场磨难里能找到的唯一的少许安慰。
• Ruth nearly choked on the last crumb of her pastry.鲁斯几乎被糕点的最后一块碎屑所噎住。