Rope

时间：2013-09-06 06:39:17

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Rope
Kwame Dawes
 
To hold our lives together on the cart
 before the slow march after midnight 
 along back-roads, blind-driving, the scent 
 of the exhaust making us drowsy1（昏昏欲睡的，沉积的）, every 
 shadow in the fields a threat of sorts; 
 we use rope thick as two thumbs side by side, 
 pulling hard on the knot to keep our 
 parts from falling by the wayside. We 
 have kept this rope supple2 with oil, 
 constant use, never letting it stay 
 idle long enough to rot. It is hard 
 to look at the coiled silence of our 
 strongest rope and not think of what 
 it has held: the heavy grey-green 
 battered bucket knocking the stone 
 sides of the wall, top water spilling 
 back down, this cherished substance, 
 carrying our lives; the mare3, white 
 and grey, plodding4（沉重地走，辛勤工作） across the wide 
 open field at dusk, her head heavy 
 with labor5, the rope a caress 
 against her neck, the way she 
 turns towards a gentle tug6, we 
 hold the balance of our need 
 in thin rope; the dead weight 
 of Junebug at dawn, his skin still 
 steaming, his beautiful black skin 
 catching the morning light, tender 
 among the leaves, how we found him 
 there, his neck stretched, the wrapping 
 of several yards of taut7 rope 
 around the drooping8 branch; where 
 we found it, how we undid9 the knot, 
 let his body down into our 
 arms then carried it like a soldier's 
 flag, bearing it behind the cart 
 shaking along with his swollen10 body. 
 This ordinary rope, this gift 
 we cannot forget, this remembrance 
 of what we have lost. Someday, 
 a soul will come out of the fields 
 to claim it, and then we will know.

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1 drowsy DkYz3     
adj.昏昏欲睡的，令人发困的
参考例句：
  • Exhaust fumes made him drowsy and brought on a headache.废气把他熏得昏昏沉沉，还引起了头疼。
  • I feel drowsy after lunch every day.每天午饭后我就想睡觉。
2 supple Hrhwt     
adj.柔软的，易弯的，逢迎的，顺从的，灵活的；vt.使柔软，使柔顺，使顺从；vi.变柔软，变柔顺
参考例句：
  • She gets along well with people because of her supple nature.她与大家相处很好，因为她的天性柔和。
  • He admired the graceful and supple movements of the dancers.他赞扬了舞蹈演员优雅灵巧的舞姿。
3 mare Y24y3     
n.母马，母驴
参考例句：
  • The mare has just thrown a foal in the stable.那匹母马刚刚在马厩里产下了一只小马驹。
  • The mare foundered under the heavy load and collapsed in the road.那母马因负载过重而倒在路上。
4 plodding 5lMz16     
a.proceeding in a slow or dull way
参考例句：
  • They're still plodding along with their investigation. 他们仍然在不厌其烦地进行调查。
  • He is plodding on with negotiations. 他正缓慢艰难地进行着谈判。
5 labor P9Tzs     
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
参考例句：
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
6 tug 5KBzo     
v.用力拖(或拉)；苦干；n.拖；苦干；拖船
参考例句：
  • We need to tug the car round to the front.我们需要把那辆车拉到前面。
  • The tug is towing three barges.那只拖船正拖着三只驳船。
7 taut iUazb     
adj.拉紧的，绷紧的，紧张的
参考例句：
  • The bowstring is stretched taut.弓弦绷得很紧。
  • Scarlett's taut nerves almost cracked as a sudden noise sounded in the underbrush near them. 思嘉紧张的神经几乎一下绷裂了，因为她听见附近灌木丛中突然冒出的一个声音。
8 drooping drooping     
adj. 下垂的，无力的 动词droop的现在分词
参考例句：
  • The drooping willows are waving gently in the morning breeze. 晨风中垂柳袅袅。
  • The branches of the drooping willows were swaying lightly. 垂柳轻飘飘地摆动。
9 Undid 596b2322b213e046510e91f0af6a64ad     
v. 解开, 复原
参考例句：
  • The officer undid the flap of his holster and drew his gun. 军官打开枪套盖拔出了手枪。
  • He did wrong, and in the end his wrongs undid him. 行恶者终以其恶毁其身。
10 swollen DrcwL     
adj.肿大的，水涨的；v.使变大，肿胀
参考例句：
  • Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着，她的双腿已经肿了。
  • A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她，她的手臂肿起来了。

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