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1、AFABLEFORTOMORROWRachelCarson当前语速:英音150词/分钟美音130词/分钟TherewasonceatownintheheartofAmericawherealllifeseemedtoliveinharmonywithitssurroundings.Thetownlayinthemidstofacheckerboardofprosperousfarms,withfieldsofgrainandhillsidesoforchardswhere,inspring,whitecloudsofbloomdriftedabovethegree
2、nfields.Inautumn,oakandmapleandbirchsetupablazeofcolorthatflamedandflickeredacrossabackdrop(背景)ofpines.Thenfoxesbarkedinthehillsanddeersilentlycrossedthefields,halfhiddeninthemistsofthefallmornings.从前在美国中心有一个小镇,那里的万物看上去都与其四周的环境融洽相处。小镇的四周是像棋盘交错的兴旺的农庄,还有一块块的田地和一座座遍布山坡的果园。春天来了,白色的鲜花云彩般地漂
3、浮在绿色的田野上;秋天到了,橡树、枫树和桦树色彩斑斓,在一片松树林间火焰般地燃烧与跳跃。小山上狐狸吠叫,田野间小鹿静静地跃过,所有的一切都在秋天清晨的薄雾中半隐半现。Alongtheroads,laurel,viburnumandalder,greatfernsandwildflowersdelightedthetraveler'seyethroughmuchoftheyear.Eveninwintertheroadsideswereplacesofbeauty,wherecountlessbirdscametofeedontheberriesandonthese
4、edheadsofthedriedweedsrisingabovethesnow.Thecountrysidewas,infact,famousfortheabundanceandvarietyofitsbirdlife,andwhenthefloodofmigrantswaspouringthroughinspringandfallpeopletraveledfromgreatdistancestoobservethem.Otherscametofishthestreams,whichflowedclearandcoldoutofthehillsandconta
5、inedshadypoolswheretroutlay.Soithadbeenfromthedaysmanyyearsagowhenthefirstsettlersraisedtheirhouses,sanktheirwells,andbuilttheirbarns.在路的两旁,一年中许多时候,月桂树、荚莲、桤木、蕨类植物和各样的野花都能让过往的行人赏心悦目。即使是冬天,路边的景色依旧是美不胜收,那里无数的小鸟来觅取浆果莓和露在雪地上的枯枝上的种子。事实上,这乡村正是由于鸟类的数量和种类之繁多而出名的。在候鸟群潮涌而来的春秋季节,人们从大老远的地方慕名前来欣赏。还
6、有的人来这里的小溪垂钓。清冽的溪水从山中流出,溪水中有许多鳟鱼藏身的背阴的水潭。所以,从许多年前开始,第一批居住者就在这里盖房挖井,搭起了自己的谷仓。Thenastrangeblightcreptovertheareaandeverythingbegantochange.Someevilspellhadsettledonthecommunity:mysteriousmaladiesswepttheflocksofchickens;thecattleandsheepsickenedanddied.Everywherewasashadowofdeath.Thefarm
7、ersspokeofmuchillnessamongtheirfamilies.Inthetownthedoctorshadbecomemoreandmorepuzzledbynewkindsofsicknessappearingamongtheirpatients.Therehadbeenseveralsuddenandunexplaineddeaths,notonlyamongadultsbutevenamongchildren,whowouldbestrickensuddenlywhileatplayanddiewithinafewhours.后来,一种奇怪
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