英语名篇诵读 密西西比河上的黎明（在线收听）

Dawn on the Mississippi

密西西比河上的黎明

Mark Twain(马克·吐温)

The dawn creeps in stealthily ; the solid walls of black forest soften to gray, and vast

stretches of the river open up and reveal themselves; the water is glassy-smooth, gives off spectral

注 little wreaths of white mist; there is not the faintest breath of wind, nor stir of leaf; the

tranquility is profound and infinitely satisfying. Then a bird pipes up, another follows, and

soon the pipings develop into a jubilant riot of music. You see none of the birds; you simply

move through an atmosphere of song which seems to sing itself. When the light has become a little

stronger, you have one of the intense green of the massed and crowded foliage nearby; you see it

paling shade by shade in front of you; upon the next projecting cape , a mile off or more, the

tint has lightened to the tender young green of spring; the cape beyond that one has almost lost

color, and the farthest one, miles away under the horizon, sleeps upon the water a mere dim vapor,

and hardly separable from the sky above it and about it. And all this stretch of river is a mirror,

and you have the shadowy reflections of the leafage and the curving shore and the receding capes

pictured in it. Well, that is all beautiful; soft and rich and beautiful; and when the sun gets well up,

and distributes a pink bush here and a powder of gold yonder and a purple haze where it will

yield the best effect, you grant that you have seen something that is worth remembering.

黎明悄悄地爬了出来，黑黝黝的树林，渐渐淡化成灰色，宽阔的河面徐徐展现，露出

了全貌。水面光滑如镜，散发出幽灵般一小圈一小圈的白雾；无一丝风，树叶纹丝不动；

深沉的静谧，令人心旷神怡。接着，一只鸟开始鸣叫，另一只跟着叫，一会儿便百鸟齐

鸣，成了热闹的音乐狂欢。这些鸟你一只也看不见，但你简直就处身在汹涌的歌声海洋

里。天光更亮一些，你看见了附近稠密树叶浓郁的绿色，你看见树叶的颜色变得越来越

浅；约一英里之外，在一个伸进河里的岬角上，色彩从浓郁的绿色淡化成春天娇柔的嫩

绿；更远处的岬角已几乎失去了色彩；地平线上数英里外最远的一个岬角，躺在水面上，

犹如一缕氤氲的水汽，几乎与天地浑然一体。这一段河面就像一面镜子，你能够看见树叶

和曲折河岸在水中的幽暗倒影，看见渐去渐远的岬角的侧影。哦，这一切美极了，柔和，

馥郁，美不胜收；太阳升高了，这儿洒下一片粉红，那边抹下一缕金光，在产生最佳效果

的地方飘下一股紫烟。你得承认，此良辰美景，值得铭记。