双语有声阅读：茶和交友(17)

Ten, the flavor expected of the best tea is the delicate flavor of "baby's flesh."

 

第十，茶味最上者，应如婴孩身上一般的带着"奶花香"。

In accordance with the Chinese practice of prescribing the proper moment and surrounding for enjoying a thing, Ch'asu, an excellent treatise¹ on tea, reads thus:

据《茶疏》之说，最宜于饮茶的时候和环境是这样：

Proper moments for drinking tea:

饮时：

When one's heart and hands are idle.

心手闲适

Tired after reading poetry.

披咏疲倦

When one's thoughts are disturbed.

意绪券乱

Listening to songs and ditties.

听歌拍曲

When a song is completed.

歌罢曲终

Shut up at one's home on a holiday.

杜门避事

Playing the ch'in and looking over paintings.

鼓琴看画

Engaged in conversation deep at night.

夜深共语

Before a bright window and a clean desk.

明窗净几

With charming friends and slender concubines.

佳客小姬

Returning from a visit with friends.

访友初归

When the day is clear and the breeze is mild.

风日晴和

On a day of light showers.

轻阴微雨

In a painted boat near a small wooden bridge.

小桥画舫

In a forest with tall bamboos.

茂林修竹

In a pavilion overlooking lotus flowers on a summer day.

荷亭避暑

Having lighted incense² in a small studio.

小院焚香

After a feast is over and the guests are gone.

酒阑人散

When children are at school.

儿辈斋馆

In a quiet, secluded³ temple.

清幽寺观

Near famous springs and quaint⁴ rocks.

名泉怪石

Moments when one should stop drinking tea:

宜 啜：

At work.

作事

Watching a play.

观剧

Opening letters.

发书柬

During big rain and snow.

大雨雪

At a long wine feast with a big party.

长筵大席

Going through documents.

纬阅卷帙

On busy days.

人事'忙迫

Generally conditions contrary to those enumerated⁵ in the above section.

及与上宜饮时相反事

Things to be avoided:

不宜用：

Bad water.

恶水

Bad utensils⁶.

敝器

Brass⁷ spoons.

铜匙

Brass kettles.

铜铫

Wooden pails (for water) .

水桶

Wood for fuel ( on account of smoke).

柴薪

Soft charcoal⁸.

麸炭

Coarse servant.

粗童

Bad-tempered⁹ maid.

恶婢

Unclean towels.

不洁巾悦

All varieties of incense and medicine.

各色果实香药

Things and places to be kept away from :

不宜近：

Damp rooms. Kitchens. Noisy streets. Crying infants. Hotheaded persons.

Quarreling servants. Hot rooms.

1 treatise   

n.专著；(专题)论文

参考例句：

• The doctor wrote a treatise on alcoholism.那位医生写了一篇关于酗酒问题的论文。
• This is not a treatise on statistical theory.这不是一篇有关统计理论的论文。

2 incense   

v.激怒；n.香，焚香时的烟，香气

参考例句：

• This proposal will incense conservation campaigners.这项提议会激怒环保人士。
• In summer,they usually burn some coil incense to keep away the mosquitoes.夏天他们通常点香驱蚊。

3 secluded   

adj.与世隔绝的；隐退的；偏僻的v.使隔开，使隐退( seclude的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• Some people like to strip themselves naked while they have a swim in a secluded place. 一些人当他们在隐蔽的地方游泳时，喜欢把衣服脱光。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This charming cottage dates back to the 15th century and is as pretty as a picture, with its thatched roof and secluded garden. 这所美丽的村舍是15世纪时的建筑，有茅草房顶和宁静的花园，漂亮极了，简直和画上一样。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 quaint   

adj.古雅的，离奇有趣的，奇怪的

参考例句：

• There were many small lanes in the quaint village.在这古香古色的村庄里，有很多小巷。
• They still keep some quaint old customs.他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。

5 enumerated   

v.列举，枚举，数( enumerate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• A spokesperson enumerated the strikers' demands. 发言人列数罢工者的要求。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enumerated the capitals of the 50 states. 他列举了50个州的首府。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 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。

7 brass   

n.黄铜；黄铜器，铜管乐器

参考例句：

• Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band.许多工人都在工厂铜管乐队中演奏。
• Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。

8 charcoal   

n.炭，木炭，生物炭

参考例句：

• We need to get some more charcoal for the barbecue.我们烧烤需要更多的碳。
• Charcoal is used to filter water.木炭是用来过滤水的。

9 bad-tempered   

adj.脾气坏的

参考例句：

• He grew more and more bad-tempered as the afternoon wore on.随着下午一点点地过去，他的脾气也越来越坏。
• I know he's often bad-tempered but really,you know,he's got a heart of gold.我知道他经常发脾气，但是，要知道，其实他心肠很好。