We Didn't Start the Fire

时间：2013-04-22 06:13:49

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We Didn't Start the Fire
Will Schutt
 
Two doors down lived a descendant of de Sade. 
            He rode a vintage（古老的，最佳的） Trek1 in a gingham（条纹棉布） shirt. 
 A blue Hamsa strung around his neck 
            waved when he waved. The name meant 
 nearly nil2 to us, cluelessly humming the catalog 
            of history in "We Didn't Start the Fire"—
Harry3 Truman, Ho Chi Minh, Rockefeller, Roy Cohn. 
            Hunting arrowheads, we made off with a haul 
 of tangled4 wires, nickeled tubs. Some inheritance. 
            Children of thalidomide, hypodermics（皮下注射） on the shore. 
 Between the cemetery5 and schoolhouse 
            rows of thuja formed a buffer6. Most headstones 
 looked as if an animal had rubbed his back 
            up and down against them. Most hurricanes 
 amounted to little more than steady drizzle7. 
            Townies spray-painted the bridge: "Sayonara, 
 Bob" or "Safe travels, Sucker." At sunset 
            summer people walked their drinks down 
 to the beach—the happy human chain— 
            each tethered to one spot, each for now alive.

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1 trek 9m8wi     
vi.作长途艰辛的旅行；n.长途艰苦的旅行
参考例句：
  • We often go pony-trek in the summer.夏季我们经常骑马旅行。
  • It took us the whole day to trek across the rocky terrain.我们花了一整天的时间艰难地穿过那片遍布岩石的地带。
2 nil 7GgxO     
n.无，全无，零
参考例句：
  • My knowledge of the subject is practically nil.我在这方面的知识几乎等于零。
  • Their legal rights are virtually nil.他们实际上毫无法律权利。
3 harry heBxS     
vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼
参考例句：
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
4 tangled e487ee1bc1477d6c2828d91e94c01c6e     
adj. 纠缠的，紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
  • Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了，我梳不动。
  • A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。
5 cemetery ur9z7     
n.坟墓，墓地，坟场
参考例句：
  • He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
  • His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。
6 buffer IxYz0B     
n.起缓冲作用的人(或物)，缓冲器；vt.缓冲
参考例句：
  • A little money can be a useful buffer in time of need.在急需时，很少一点钱就能解燃眉之急。
  • Romantic love will buffer you against life's hardships.浪漫的爱会减轻生活的艰辛。
7 drizzle Mrdxn     
v.下毛毛雨；n.毛毛雨，蒙蒙细雨
参考例句：
  • The shower tailed off into a drizzle.阵雨越来越小，最后变成了毛毛雨。
  • Yesterday the radio forecast drizzle,and today it is indeed raining.昨天预报有小雨，今天果然下起来了。

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