Voir Dire

时间：2007-06-13 06:28:24

（单词翻译:单击）

by Denise Liddell Lawson

Tell me about yourself.

Inflection expresses pleasure.

Where are you from？

A house with many drawers and in each one is a bird.

Your race？

What do you do？

The wind picks up.

How do you do it？

I dig out the seed with a nail.

Do you believe in progress？

Evolution is spelled erratically³.

Politics？

Bark， split and patched with lichen⁴.

And your heroes？

Shadows trade places.

What are your ambitions？

Oxygen flows through a window and I lose track of it.

Pursuits？

Affection， direction.

What do you value？

Attention is currency.

Best advice？

In the morning， the stimulation⁵ of water； later， of letters.

In a word？

Hammock. Or havoc⁶.

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1 monarch
n.帝王，君主，最高统治者
参考例句：
The monarch's role is purely ceremonial.君主纯粹是个礼仪职位。 I think myself happier now than the greatest monarch upon earth.我觉得这个时候比世界上什么帝王都快乐。

2 bristling
a.竖立的
参考例句：
"Don't you question Miz Wilkes' word,'said Archie, his beard bristling. "威尔克斯太太的话，你就不必怀疑了。 "阿尔奇说。他的胡子也翘了起来。 You were bristling just now. 你刚才在发毛。

3 erratically
adv.不规律地，不定地
参考例句：
Police stopped him for driving erratically. 警察因其驾驶不循规则而把他拦下了。来自辞典例句 Magnetitite-bearing plugs are found erratically from the base of the Critical Zone. 含磁铁岩的岩栓不规则地分布于关键带的基底以上。来自辞典例句

4 lichen
n.地衣, 青苔
参考例句：
The stone stairway was covered with lichen.那石级长满了地衣。 There is carpet-like lichen all over the moist corner of the wall.潮湿的墙角上布满了地毯般的绿色苔藓。

5 stimulation
n.刺激，激励，鼓舞
参考例句：
The playgroup provides plenty of stimulation for the children.幼儿游戏组给孩子很多启发。 You don't get any intellectual stimulation in this job.你不能从这份工作中获得任何智力启发。

6 havoc
n.大破坏，浩劫，大混乱，大杂乱
参考例句：
The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。 This concentration of airborne firepower wrought havoc with the enemy forces.这次机载火力的集中攻击给敌军造成很大破坏。