【双语有声阅读】如花的托斯卡纳(4)

In the pause towards the end of April, when the flowers seem to hesitate, the leaves make up their minds to come out.

 

寂静的四月底，在花儿们踌躇不定的时候，叶子们一股脑地跑了出来。

For some time, at the very ends of the bare boughs¹ of fig² trees, spurts³ of pure green have been burning like cloven tongues of green fire vivid on the tips of the candelabrum.

一时间，纯净的绿色在无花果的树枝尖冒出，好像烛台顶那生动的绿色小火舌头一样在燃烧。

Now these spurts of green spread out, and begin to take the shape of hands, feeling for the air of summer.

现在，这团绿焰伸展开来，变成小手的样子，触摸着夏天的气息。

And tiny green figs⁴ are below them, like glands⁵ on the throat of a goat.

绿色无花果像一只山羊喉咙的腺附下面。

Now the aspens on the hill are all remarkable⁶ with the translucent⁷ membranes⁹ of blood-veined leaves.

现在，山坡上白杨的叶子上有一层半透明薄膜的叶脉，显得格外引人注目。

They are gold-brown, but not like autumn, rather like thin wings bats when like birds-call them birds-they wheel in clouds against the setting sun, and the sun glows through the stretched membrane⁸ of their wings, as through thin, brown-red stained glass.

与秋天不同，叶子是金棕色的，像是薄翼的蝙蝠，如同鸟儿一样—我们暂时就叫它们鸟吧—在落日的余晖中，叶子在云层里涌动，太阳照射在这薄翼拉紧似的薄膜上，仿佛透过棕红色的彩绘玻璃。

This is the red sap of summer, not the red dust of autumn.

这是夏天里树叶旺盛时所特有的红色树液，并不意味着秋天的红尘。

1 boughs   

大树枝( bough的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The green boughs glittered with all their pearls of dew. 绿枝上闪烁着露珠的光彩。
• A breeze sighed in the higher boughs. 微风在高高的树枝上叹息着。

2 fig   

n.无花果(树)

参考例句：

• The doctor finished the fig he had been eating and selected another.这位医生吃完了嘴里的无花果，又挑了一个。
• You can't find a person who doesn't know fig in the United States.你找不到任何一个在美国的人不知道无花果的。

3 spurts   

短暂而突然的活动或努力( spurt的名词复数 )； 突然奋起

参考例句：

• Great spurts of gas shoot out of the sun. 太阳气体射出形成大爆发。
• Spurts of warm rain blew fitfully against their faces. 阵阵温热的雨点拍打在他们脸上。

4 figs   

figures 数字，图形，外形

参考例句：

• The effect of ring dyeing is shown in Figs 10 and 11. 环形染色的影响如图10和图11所示。
• The results in Figs. 4 and 5 show the excellent agreement between simulation and experiment. 图4和图5的结果都表明模拟和实验是相当吻合的。

5 glands   

n.腺( gland的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a snake's poison glands 蛇的毒腺
• the sebaceous glands in the skin 皮脂腺

6 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

7 translucent   

adj.半透明的；透明的

参考例句：

• The building is roofed entirely with translucent corrugated plastic.这座建筑完全用半透明瓦楞塑料封顶。
• A small difference between them will render the composite translucent.微小的差别,也会使复合材料变成半透明。

8 membrane   

n.薄膜，膜皮，羊皮纸

参考例句：

• A vibrating membrane in the ear helps to convey sounds to the brain.耳膜的振动帮助声音传送到大脑。
• A plastic membrane serves as selective diffusion barrier.一层塑料薄膜起着选择性渗透屏障的作用。

9 membranes   

n.（动物或植物体内的）薄膜( membrane的名词复数 )；隔膜；（可起防水、防风等作用的）膜状物

参考例句：

• The waste material is placed in cells with permeable membranes. 废液置于有渗透膜的槽中。 来自辞典例句
• The sarcoplasmic reticulum is a system of intracellular membranes. 肌浆网属于细胞内膜系统。 来自辞典例句