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1、陈冠商英语背诵文选11ThefirstsnowHenryWadsworthLongfellowThefirstsnowcame.Howbeautifulitwas,fallingsosilentlyalldaylong,allnightlong,onthemountains,onthemeadows,ontheroofsoftheliving,onthegravesofthedead!(1)Allwhite(2)save(3)theriver,thatmarkeditscourse(4)byawindingblacklineacrossthelandscape;a
2、ndtheleaflesstrees,thatagainsttheleadensky(5)nowrevealedmorefullythewonderfulbeautyandintricacies(6)oftheirbranches.Whatsilence,too,camewiththesnow,andwhatseclusion!Everysoundwasmuffled(7),everynoisechangedtosomethingsoftandmusical.Nomoretrampinghoofs,nomorerattlingwheels!Onlythechimi
3、ngofsleigh-bells,beatingasswiftandmerrilyastheheartsofchildren(8).*注释(1)theliving:活着的人；thedead:死去的人。形容词（有时是分词）前面加上定冠词the表示具有某一特性的一类人。(2)allwhite=Allwaswhite,省略句(3)save：除……以外，介词(4)markeditscourse：标示出它所经过的路线(5)againsttheleadensky：在铅灰色天空的衬托下。(6)intricacies：这里指树枝的缠结交错。(7)wasmu
4、ffled：（声音）被压抑而变得低沉(8)beating…astheheartsofchildren=beating…astheheartsofchildrenbeat,默这个被省略的beat确作"（心脏的）搏动"解，前面那个beating指铃儿的碰击。初雪享利•沃兹沃思•朗费罗初雪飘临。多么美啊！它整日整夜那么静静地飘着，落在山岭上，落在草地上，落在世人的屋顶上，落在死才的坟墓上！在一片白茫茫之中，只有河流在美丽的画面上划出一道曲曲弯弯的黑线；还有那叶儿落净的树木，映衬着铅灰色的天空，此刻更显得枝丫交错，姿态万千。
5、初雪飘落时，是何等的宁谧，何等的幽静！一切声响都趋沉寂，一切噪音都化作柔和的音乐。再也听不见马蹄得得，再也听不见车轮辚辚！唯有雪橇的铃铛，奏和谐的乐声，那明快欢乐的节拍犹如孩子们心房的搏动。2THEHUMMING-BIRDGeorgeLouisLeclercBuffonOfallanimatedbeingsthisisthemostelegantinformandthemostbrilliantincolors.Thestonesandmetalspolishedbyourartsarenotcomparableto(1)thisjewelofNature(2).
6、She(3)hasplaceditleastinsizeof(4)theorderofbirds(5),"maximemirandainminimis."(6)Hermasterpieceisthislittlehumming-bird,anduponitshehasheapedallthegifts(7)whichtheotherbirdsmayonlyshare.Lightness,rapidity,nimbleness,grace,andrichapparel(8)allbelongtothislittlefavorite.Theemerald(9),the
7、ruby(10),andthetopaz(11)gleamuponitsdress(12).Itneversoilsthemwiththedustofearth,andinitsaeriallifescarcelytouchestheturfaninstant.Alwaysintheair,flyingfromflowertoflower,ithastheirfreshnessaswellastheirbrightness.Itlivesupontheirnectar,anddwellsonlyintheclimateswheretheyperenniallybl
8、oom.*
