Landlocked

时间：2013-12-26 05:23:28

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Landlocked
Alan Feldman
 
 
What am I doing, trudging1 around Natick, Massachusetts, 
 so archetypal（原型的） in its split-level, clapboard（护墙板） ordinariness, 
 one house after another like a crowd gathered haphazardly 
 at an accident site? And why explore the deafening 
 blandness of the little streets with fenced-in yards, 
 where day after day -- iPod loaded with arias2 --  
Ti prego, rubami il cuore! -- I wheel the baby, who will not quiet 
 unless she's rolling along through a landscape, however dull, 
 a child who will grow up some day with the sole ambition 
 of leaving home. And why keep pretending 
 the sunlight gives the brick walls a ruddy, Hopper-esque gravitas? -- 
 It's a dullness that approaches yoga, a meditation, 
 a boredom3 so exquisite4 it's like nonbeing, 
 from which even the faint fanfare5 of cobalt blue shutters 
 can't wake me -- sleep-laden, like a boat covered with a tarp -- 
 though here I am, navigating6 the seismic7 faults of the sidewalk 
 with the side-tracked stroller, in a pebble-strewn jiggling 
 the baby seems to need for her peace. Ah, this do-nothing 
 self-abnegation of walking the streets of Natick, Massachusetts, 
 and its neighborhoods -- as if life has hardly emerged yet from sleep, 
 that first sleep, and -- like an infant struggling to turn over --  
 the soul wants to buy a ticket to anywhere 
 that's out of town, like Venice, say, where the lacy facades 
 weep into the tarnlike byways and boulevards, 
 and there's a music of world-weary, self-extinguishing tragedy 
 to fight with the sun-spangles on the water

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1 trudging f66543befe0044651f745d00cf696010     
vt.& vi.跋涉，吃力地走（trudge的现在分词形式）
参考例句：
  • There was a stream of refugees trudging up the valley towards the border. 一队难民步履艰难地爬上山谷向着边境走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Two mules well laden with packs were trudging along. 两头骡子驮着沉重的背包，吃力地往前走。 来自辞典例句
2 arias 54a9f17a5cd5c87c2c2f192e7480ccb1     
n.咏叹调( aria的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Can you pick out the operatic arias quoted in this orchestral passage? 你能听出这段管弦乐曲里有歌剧式的咏叹调吗？ 来自辞典例句
  • The actions are large and colour, there are arias and recitatives. 动作夸张而华美，有唱段也有宣叙部。 来自辞典例句
3 boredom ynByy     
n.厌烦，厌倦，乏味，无聊
参考例句：
  • Unemployment can drive you mad with boredom.失业会让你无聊得发疯。
  • A walkman can relieve the boredom of running.跑步时带着随身听就不那么乏味了。
4 exquisite zhez1     
adj.精美的；敏锐的；剧烈的，感觉强烈的
参考例句：
  • I was admiring the exquisite workmanship in the mosaic.我当时正在欣赏镶嵌画的精致做工。
  • I still remember the exquisite pleasure I experienced in Bali.我依然记得在巴厘岛所经历的那种剧烈的快感。
5 fanfare T7by6     
n.喇叭；号角之声；v.热闹地宣布
参考例句：
  • The product was launched amid much fanfare worldwide.这个产品在世界各地隆重推出。
  • A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King.嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。
6 navigating 7b03ffaa93948a9ae00f8802b1000da5     
v.给（船舶、飞机等）引航，导航( navigate的现在分词 )；（从海上、空中等）横越；横渡；飞跃
参考例句：
  • These can also be very useful when navigating time-based documents, such as video and audio. 它对于和时间有关的文档非常有用，比如视频和音频文档。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
  • Vehicles slowed to a crawl on city roads, navigating slushy snow. 汽车在市区路上行驶缓慢，穿越泥泞的雪地。 来自互联网
7 seismic SskyM     
a.地震的，地震强度的
参考例句：
  • Earthquakes produce two types of seismic waves.地震产生两种地震波。
  • The latest seismic activity was also felt in northern Kenya.肯尼亚北部也感觉到了最近的地震活动。

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