疯狂英语口语现场_6成就编 6_01-5

[07:35.71]“Mom, did you hear that?"my seven-year-old blurts.
[07:38.34]“妈妈，你听到了吗？”我那七岁的孩子嚷嚷了起来，
[07:40.98]“I think it was an owl family.”
[07:42.96]“我觉得那是猫头鹰一家子在叫！”
[07:44.93]“Probably,"I tell him."Just keep listening...”
[07:47.60]“很有可能，再仔细听……”
[07:50.28]Without the droning air conditioner,
[07:52.62]没有了空调机的嗡嗡响，
[07:54.96]the house is oddly peaceful,
[07:56.98]房间里飘溢着一种奇异的祥和气氛，
[07:59.01]and the unfiltered night noises seem close enough to touch.
[08:02.18]还有未经过滤的，亲近得伸手就可以触摸到的夜声。
[08:05.36]I hope I’m awake tonight when the first breeze sneaks in.
[08:08.29]真的希望，当第一缕清风悄然而至时，我还能够醒着迎接她的到来。
[08:11.23]4 The Feeling of Snow
[08:13.51]雪天随想
[08:15.78]As soon as I walked outside,
[08:18.00]刚出门，
[08:20.22]I was greeted with the shimmering white blanket of cold.
[08:22.79]扑面而来的是一大片晶莹雪白的冰凉。
[08:25.36]Despite the chill overwhelming my skin, inside I was warm.
[08:29.05]冷气袭来，肌肤阵阵战栗，
[08:32.73]I felt as though I could be giving off heat;
[08:35.37]而内心却温暖如初。
[08:38.01] I had the desire to stay out in this freeze for hours.
[08:40.63]觉得自己似乎能发热，因而渴望在这寒冷中长时间伫足。
[08:43.26]It was the type of day that speaks to you through its elements;
[08:46.29]这是一个大自然与你交流的日子。
[08:49.32]I took a deep breath to hear more snow was coming.
[08:52.19]我深深地吸了一口气，静听雪花飘落，源源不绝……
[08:55.07]As I walked, I looked up,
[08:57.35]漫步雪中，举目四顾，
[08:59.64]trying to realize what made this day so beautiful, so serene.
[09:02.76]我努力思索是什么竟然能够把这一天变得如此美丽和宁静。
[09:05.88]It was as if time had been put temporarily on hold and I along with it.
[09:09.51]那一刻，时间仿佛停止了，
[09:13.14]Or maybe I was the only one unpaused...
[09:15.72]而我也定在其中。
[09:18.29]Either way, the solitude was comforting,
[09:20.86]或者，只有我一个人在前行……
[09:23.44]and I sensed myself floating away.
[09:25.71]无论如何，这种孤寂令人欣慰。
[09:27.98]I sat down on the edge of a curb and listened.
[09:31.15]我仿佛脱离了尘世。坐在路边
[09:34.33]All there was to hear
[09:36.07]，仔细聆听
[09:37.80]was the wind rushing over the top of my head
[09:40.23]只有风从头顶掠过，
[09:42.66]and circling some old, cracking leaves some yards away.
[09:45.69]卷走几码远的干枯树叶。
[09:48.72]To me it was the reassuring sound of nature,
[09:51.24]在我心中，这是大自然给人安慰、
[09:53.76]trying not to be forgotten.
[09:55.75]令人难忘的声音。
[09:57.73]It did start to snow. None of those little flurries,
[10:00.91]真的下雪了！不是零星小雪，
[10:04.08]but big, fat flakes which clung immediately to their surface.
[10:07.32]而是鹅毛大雪，一落地就凝结在一起了。
[10:10.56]Then it was time to go and my  reverie had to end.
[10:13.49]该结束沉思离开了
[10:16.41]As I began walking again,
[10:18.38]！我举步前行时
[10:20.36]I drifted back into this time frame, calm and cleared.
[10:23.44]思绪又转回到现实中来，而此时感觉如此平静，如此清新。
[10:26.52]Now if only I could remember where I was going.
[10:29.00]我实在记不得我要往何处去了！
[10:31.48]5 The Sounds of England
[10:34.12]5英格兰之声
[10:36.76] The sounds of England,
[10:38.64]英格兰之声，
[10:40.52]the tinkle of the hammer on the anvil in the country smithy,
[10:43.25]是乡村铁匠铺里铁砧上锤子的叮当声，
[10:45.98]the corncrake on a dewy morning,
[10:48.11]是露珠欲滴的清晨秧鸡的鸣啼声，
[10:50.24]the sound of the scythe against the whetstone,
[10:52.77]是磨刀石上镰刀的霍霍声，
[10:55.31]and the sight of a plough team coming over the brow of a hill,
[10:58.09]山梁上走过一队犁地的农夫，
[11:00.87]for centuries the one eternal sight of England.
[11:03.80]这是许多世纪里英格兰的永恒景象。
[11:06.72] The wild anemones in the woods in April,
[11:09.09]四月里森林中野生的银莲花，
[11:11.45]the last load at night of hay being drawn down a lane as the twilight comes on,
[11:14.99]黎明时分最后一趟满载夜草的车行进在小路上，
[11:18.53] when you can scarcely distinguish the figures of the horses
[11:21.17]那时你简直辩认不出马的身影，