讀點好英文:Sadness of August 八月的憂愁

Sadness of August 八月的憂愁

Lin Huiyin

In a yellow pond there are white ducks swimming.

Only a little taller than people, sorghums are still green.

Where should I put, in this pounding heart，

A narrow path in the field, this sadness in August.

Rain washed the sky clean last night, sun shines

On hills and leaves some shadows，

Sheep follow the shepherd into the village，

And shading a well, a big tree looks like a heart.

No one ever spoke of August, summer is over

And fall isn't here. I look onto a farmland

And then at the squashes over the earth wall，

I just don't understand how life and dream connect.

八月的憂愁

林徽因

黃水塘里游著白鴨，

高粱梗油青的剛高過頭，

這跳動的心怎樣安插，

田里一窄條路，八月里這憂愁？

天是昨夜雨洗過的，山崗

照著太陽又留一片影；

羊跟著放羊的轉(zhuǎn)進村莊，

一大棵樹蔭下罩著井，又像是心！

從沒有人說過八月什么話，

夏天過去了，也不到秋天。

但我望著田壟，土墻上的瓜，

仍不明白生活同夢怎樣的連牽。

實戰(zhàn)提升

背景知識

林徽因（1904～1955），福建閩侯人。林徽因是中國著名的建筑學(xué)家和作家，也是中國第一位女性建筑學(xué)家，被胡適譽為中國一代才女。30年代初，與夫婿梁思成用現(xiàn)代科學(xué)方法研究中國古代建筑，成為這個學(xué)術(shù)領(lǐng)域的開拓者，后來在這方面獲得了巨大的學(xué)術(shù)成就。在中國現(xiàn)代女作家中，林徽因是極有天分、極具個性、極為獨特的一位，她在建筑學(xué)上的卓越成就也一直為研究者所關(guān)注的話題，深受后人尊敬。

在這首詩中，詩人通過營造水塘白鴨、山崗村莊、田壟土墻等充滿古樸、清幽、靜雅情趣的意象，流露出其自身對自然景致的迷醉與悟感，使詩歌映現(xiàn)出反璞歸真的詩情畫意。可以說，林徽因抒寫自然美的詩作相比較其他作家而言呈現(xiàn)出了一種本真而從容的別樣風(fēng)味。詩歌的語言凝練、含蓄、整飭，富有韻律感和節(jié)奏感。

單詞注解

pond[p?nd]池塘

sorghum['s?：g?m]【植】高粱，蜀黍

shepherd['?ep?d]牧羊人

squash[skw??]擠壓；硬塞

名句誦讀

ln a yellow pond there are white ducks swimming.

Only a little taller than people, sorghums are still green.

Rain washed the sky clean last night, sun shines On hills and leaves some shadows, Sheep follow the shepherd into the village, And shading a well, a big tree looks like a heart.

No one ever spoke of August, summer is over And fall isn't here. l look onto a farmland And then at the squashes over the earth wall, l just don't understand how life and dream connect.