英语美文背诵 丽达与天鹅

Leda And The Swan by W.B.Yeats

丽达与天鹅叶芝

A sudden blow: the great wings beating still above the staggering girl,

劲风掠过：巨大翅膀在挣扎的女孩身体上

her thighs¹ caressed² by the dark webs，

无声翕张，黑色翼爪摸她的双腿，

her nape caught in his bill,

巨喙叼她的颈项，

He holds her helpless breast upon his breast.

他箍紧她无助的胸脯，贴上了自己的胸膛。

How can those terrified vague fingers push

她惊惧犹疑的手指

The feathered glory from her loosening thighs?

怎能推开松开的双腿间羽饰的荣耀？

And how can body, laid in that white rush,

白灯心草上放倒的躯体

But feel the strange heart beating where it lies?

又怎能抗拒这奇异的心跳？

A shudder³ in the loins engenders⁴ there

这腰间的一耸

The broken wall, the burning roof and tower

只见那断了的墙垣，那燃起的穹顶和塔

And Agamemnon dead.

那阿伽门农死掉。

Being so caught up,

如此的蹂躏与征服

So mastered by the brute⁵ blood of the air,

就来自他天上的兽性魔血。

Did she put on his knowledge with his power

在被冷漠的鸟嘴放下之前

Before the indifferent beak⁶ could let her drop?

她汲取了他那充满力量的头脑？

1 thighs   

n.股，大腿( thigh的名词复数 )；食用的鸡（等的）腿

参考例句：

• He's gone to London for skin grafts on his thighs. 他去伦敦做大腿植皮手术了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The water came up to the fisherman's thighs. 水没到了渔夫的大腿。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 caressed   

爱抚或抚摸…( caress的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• His fingers caressed the back of her neck. 他的手指抚摩着她的后颈。
• He caressed his wife lovingly. 他怜爱万分地抚摸着妻子。

3 shudder   

v.战粟，震动，剧烈地摇晃；n.战粟，抖动

参考例句：

• The sight of the coffin sent a shudder through him.看到那副棺材，他浑身一阵战栗。
• We all shudder at the thought of the dreadful dirty place.我们一想到那可怕的肮脏地方就浑身战惊。

4 engenders   

v.产生（某形势或状况），造成，引起( engender的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Sympathy often engenders love. 同情常常产生爱情。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Some people believe poverty engenders crime. 有人认为贫困生罪恶。 来自辞典例句

5 brute   

n.野兽，兽性

参考例句：

• The aggressor troops are not many degrees removed from the brute.侵略军简直象一群野兽。
• That dog is a dangerous brute.It bites people.那条狗是危险的畜牲，它咬人。

6 beak   

n.鸟嘴，茶壶嘴，钩形鼻

参考例句：

• The bird had a worm in its beak.鸟儿嘴里叼着一条虫。
• This bird employs its beak as a weapon.这种鸟用嘴作武器。