书城外语每天都是精彩:英语诵读美文240篇(英汉对照)
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第16章

Effects of Time

Guidance for Reciting

Time reveals all things. There is no need to seek revenge for the slightest grievance or haggle over every penny.

Apart from tears,

only time could wear everything away.

While feeling is being processed by time,

conflicts would be reconciled as time goes by,

just like a cup of tea that is being continuously diluted.

Notes

1.wear away消逝(磨损,消耗殆尽,消磨)E.g.:My patience is almost worn away by her endless complaints. 她抱怨个不停,几乎使我的耐性消耗殆尽。

[Compare:wear out穿破(磨损). E.g.:Do not wear out your welcome. 做客不久留。]

2.reconcile [5rekEnsail] v. 使和解,使和好;调和;调停;使一致

时间的影响

诵读导言

万事日久自明,不必睚眦必报锱铢必较。

除了眼泪,

仅有时间可以洗礼万物。

当情感随着时间而推移,

矛盾会随着时间而钝化,

如若一杯逐渐稀释的清茶。

口语点津

俗话说,“一日之计在于晨”。早睡早起能够使一个人健康、富有并且聪明(An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,wealthy and wise.)。

清晨,三三两两,或手执收音机,或于婆娑小树旁大声朗读永远是校园里最美丽的风景。晨读对于学好外语口语的重要性是不言而喻的,坚持晨读应该是有心学好英语的大学生朋友们必须养成的一个良好的习惯。