英语名篇诵读 湖山雨后

The Lake and Hills after the Rainstorm

湖山雨后

Henry David Thoreau(亨利·戴维·梭罗)

This small lake was of most value as a neighbor in the intervals¹ of a gentle rainstorm in

August, when, both air and water being perfectly² still, but the sky overcast³ , mid-afternoon had

all the serenity⁴ of evening, and the wood thrush sang around, and was heard from shore to

shore. A lake like this is never smoother than at such a time; and the clear portion of the air above

it being shallow and darkened by clouds, the water, full of light and reflections, becomes a lower

heaven itself so much the more important. From a hill-top nearby, where the wood had been

recently cut off, there was a pleasing vista⁵ southward across the pond, through a wide indentation

注 in the hills which form the shore there, where their opposite sides sloping toward each other

suggested a stream flowing out in that direction through a wooded valley, but stream there was

none. That way I looked between and over the near green hills to some distant and higher ones in

the horizon, tinged⁶ with blue.

时值八月，一场小小的暴雨后，小湖成了最相宜的友邻。风平浪静，天空乌云密布，

下午刚过半，宁静的黄昏似已来临，画眉鸟声声啼叫，回荡湖畔。湖水从没有像此刻这样

平滑如镜；湖面上方是一片纯净的天空，被云染成黛色，湖光潋滟，倒影粼粼，天空低

垂，甚是神奇。登上附近的小山，山上的树木最近被砍掉了，从那里极目远眺，但见一片

迷人的景色，延伸向南，越过小湖，穿过群山之间开阔的凹谷，形成湖岸的山坡重叠交

融，似有一股溪流从树木葱郁的山谷流出，尽管其实并没有。就这样，我静立山头，透过

近处掩映的绿林，眺望天际淡蓝色的群山。

1 intervals   

n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 )；间隔时间；[数学]区间；（戏剧、电影或音乐会的）幕间休息

参考例句：

• The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers. 预报间晴，有阵雨。
• Meetings take place at fortnightly intervals. 每两周开一次会。

2 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

3 overcast   

adj.阴天的，阴暗的，愁闷的；v.遮盖，（使）变暗，包边缝；n.覆盖，阴天

参考例句：

• The overcast and rainy weather found out his arthritis.阴雨天使他的关节炎发作了。
• The sky is overcast with dark clouds.乌云满天。

4 serenity   

n.宁静，沉着，晴朗

参考例句：

• Her face,though sad,still evoked a feeling of serenity.她的脸色虽然悲伤，但仍使人感觉安详。
• She escaped to the comparative serenity of the kitchen.她逃到相对安静的厨房里。

5 vista   

n.远景，深景，展望，回想

参考例句：

• From my bedroom window I looked out on a crowded vista of hills and rooftops.我从卧室窗口望去，远处尽是连绵的山峦和屋顶。
• These uprisings come from desperation and a vista of a future without hope.发生这些暴动是因为人们被逼上了绝路，未来看不到一点儿希望。

6 tinged   

v.（使）发丁丁声( ting的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• memories tinged with sadness 略带悲伤的往事
• white petals tinged with blue 略带蓝色的白花瓣