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英文诗歌：Little League

时间：2010-08-06 08:06:33

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Little League

Coaching Pitchers1

When my only pitcher（投手，大水罐） went wild
against the league's worst team,
I knew we had a cushion, hell, ten runs
at least. Time for a life-lesson. Like Zeus I towered
over him on the mound2 and poured the positive
into his anguished（极度痛苦的） eyes. Said I wasn't taking him out
no matter what. And he walked the runs
in and in and in. Before the second inning（一局）
I should have known nothing would help him
but another sunrise.

                                   I was raised to believe will
could do anything, lift you out of any kind of slump3.
The short kid got shorter as the long day waned4,
his eleven year old brow crawling with wrinkles（皱纹） .
I was Lear, now, had given my word,
and even my smart-ass centerfielder knew
not to come between the dragon and his wrath（愤怒，激怒） .
Trapped in my sovereignty（主权，君主） ,

                                             I turned to stone
as the runs added up and we lost 29-27 and
the lesson sank in like a dull blade
just above my top vertebra（脊椎） , the one known
as the Atlas5.

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1 pitchers d4fd9938d0d20d5c03d355623c59c88d     
大水罐( pitcher的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Over the next five years, he became one of the greatest pitchers in baseball. 在接下来的5年时间里，他成为了最了不起的棒球投手之一。
  • Why he probably won't: Pitchers on also-rans can win the award. 为什麽不是他得奖：投手在失败的球队可以赢得赛扬奖。
2 mound unCzhy     
n.土墩，堤，小山；v.筑堤，用土堆防卫
参考例句：
  • The explorers climbed a mound to survey the land around them.勘探者爬上土丘去勘测周围的土地。
  • The mound can be used as our screen.这个土丘可做我们的掩蔽物。
3 slump 4E8zU     
n.暴跌，意气消沉，（土地）下沉；vi.猛然掉落，坍塌，大幅度下跌
参考例句：
  • She is in a slump in her career.她处在事业的低谷。
  • Economists are forecasting a slump.经济学家们预言将发生经济衰退。
4 waned 8caaa77f3543242d84956fa53609f27c     
v.衰落( wane的过去式和过去分词 )；（月）亏；变小；变暗淡
参考例句：
  • However,my enthusiasm waned.The time I spent at exercises gradually diminished. 然而，我的热情减退了。我在做操上花的时间逐渐减少了。 来自《用法词典》
  • The bicycle craze has waned. 自行车热已冷下去了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5 atlas vOCy5     
n.地图册，图表集
参考例句：
  • He reached down the atlas from the top shelf.他从书架顶层取下地图集。
  • The atlas contains forty maps,including three of Great Britain.这本地图集有40幅地图，其中包括3幅英国地图。