1 The Home家庭-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《新月集The Crescent Moon》

Ralindanatk.Tagere The Home I paced alone on the road across the field while the sunset was hiding its last gold like a miser. The daylight sank deeper and deeper into the darkness,and the widowed land,whose harvest had been reaped lay silent. Suddenly a boy's shrill voice rose into the sky.He traversed the dark unseen,leaving the track of his song across the hush of the evening. His village home lay there at the end of the waste land,beyond the sugar- cane field,hidden among the shadows of the banana and the slender areca palm,the cocoa-nut and the dark green jack-fruit tress. I stopped for a moment in my lonely way under the starlight,and saw spread before me the darkened earth surrounding with her arms countless homes furnished with cradles and beds,mothers'hearts and evening lamps,and young lives glad with a gladness that knows nothing of its value for the world. ·002· 家庭 我独自在横跨过田地的路上走着，夕阳像一个守财 ①miser〔maizo]n.守财 奴似的，正藏起它的最后的金子。 奴：财迷 白昼更加深沉地投入黑暗之中，那已经收割了的孤 ②widowed[widoud]v (widow的过去分词) 寂的田地，默默地躺在那里。 [罕用语】从…夺走 天空里突然升起了一个男孩子的尖锐的歌声，他穿 ③reap [ri:p]v.收割，从 (地里)收割庄稼 过看不见的黑暗，留下他的歌声的辙痕跨过黄昏的静谧。 ④shrill[mila.尖声的 他的乡村的家坐落在荒凉的土地的边上，在甘蔗田 ⑤traverse['traevas,越 过，穿过 的后面，躲藏在香蕉树，瘦长的槟榔树，椰子树和深绿 ⑥hush[hn安静，寂 色的贾克果树的阴影里。 静 7 sugar-cane ['fugo.kein] 我在星光下独自走着的路上停留了一会，我看见黑 n【植物】甘蔗 沉沉的大地展开在我的面前，用她的手臂拥抱着无量数 ⑧areca palm【植物】槟榔 (树】 的家庭，在那些家庭里，有着摇篮和床铺，母亲们的心 cocoa-nut ['kauka.nAt]n. 和夜晚的灯，还有年轻轻的生命，他们满心欢乐，却浑 (=coconut)椰子 然不知这样的欢乐对于世界的价值。 1 jack-fruit ['daekfru:t]n 【植物】木菠萝 ①cradle[kreidl]n.摇篮 ·003·