讀點好英文:The Beautiful Lady Yu 虞美人

The Beautiful Lady Yu 虞美人

Li Yu

Spring flowers and autumn moon—when will they be ended?

How many past events can we tell?

The east wind blew through my small Iodge again last night.

The old country, bathed in a bright moon. Is an overwhelming

sight！

Those carved baIustrades, those marble terraces—They should

still be there.

Only the rosy cheeks have faded.

How much sorrow and pray, can a person carry?

Like the spring torrent flowing eastward, without tarry！

虞美人

李 煜

春花秋月何時了，

往事知多少！

小樓昨夜又東風(fēng)，

故國不堪回首月明中。

雕欄玉砌應(yīng)猶在，

只是朱顏改。

問君能有幾多愁？

恰似一江春水向東流。

實戰(zhàn)提升

背景知識

李煜（937-978），五代十國時南唐國君，漢族，在位時間為961—975年，字重光，初名從嘉，號鐘隱、蓮峰居士。李煜才華橫溢，工書善畫、能詩擅詞、通音曉律，是被后人千古傳誦的一代詞人。本無心爭權(quán)奪利，一心向往歸隱生活的李煜能登上王位完全是個意外，無奈命運弄人。他也是刻于歷史卷宗上的亡國之君。

作為一個“好聲色，不恤政事”的國君，李煜是失敗的；但正是亡國成就了他千古詞壇“南面王”的地位。正所謂“國家不幸詩家幸，話到滄桑語始工”。《虞美人》就是千古傳誦不衰的著名詩篇。這首詞刻畫了強烈的故國之思，取得了驚天地泣鬼神的藝術(shù)效果。

單詞注解

Iodge[l?d?]旅舍；山林小屋

baIustrade[，b?l?s'treid]欄桿，扶手

tarry['ta：ri]耽擱，遲延

名句誦讀

Spring flowers and autumn moon—when will they be ended?How many past events can we tell?The east wind blew through my small lodge again last night. The old country, bathed in a bright moon.ls an overwhelming sight！

Those carved balustrades, those marble terraces—They should still be there. Only the rosy cheeks have faded.How much sorrow and pray, can a person carry?Like the spring torrent flowing eastward, without tarry！