英语名篇诵读 秋天(二)（在线收听）

Autumn (Ⅱ)

秋天(二)

Hal Borland(哈尔·博兰)

The strange thing is that Autumn, especially on a wooded ridge , changes the relationship

of time and distance. The days shorten, and at the same time they increase in height and breadth. It

is almost as though there were a fixed ratio that keeps the days in balance. The leaves begin to

fall and the eye begins to reach. New vistas open. I saw those vistas opening that morning, there

on the ridge, and my eye could see brand-new horizons. Not exactly new, of course, since they

have been there since this earth assumed its present shape; but they seemed new that morning

because they were newly seen after weeks and months when they were hidden. And I know that

tonight I can look up from my dooryard, through the branches of the big sugar maples, and see the

constellations of Pegasus and Andromeda . They, too, have been there a long time, but I

couldn't see them from the dooryard all summer.

令人称奇的是，秋天改变了时间和距离的关系，从草木葱茏的山脊望去，秋色尤美。

白昼渐短，同时却变得高远、辽阔。好像有一个固定的比例，保持着白昼的平衡。树叶飘

落，视野开阔，新的景象展现开来。那天早晨，在那边的山脊上，我看到了辽远的景色，

极目处尽是全新的天地，秋色斑斓。当然，实际上也不是新的，因为自地球形成了现在的

形貌，那一切就在那里了；但是在那个清晨，它们显得新，因为在数周数月隐没之后，它

们又重新映入眼帘。我知道，今晚，透过门庭前面糖槭树的枝丫，我便能够看见飞马座和

仙女座了。它们也在那里很久了，但整个夏天，我从门庭里是看不见的。