Glass Ceiling

时间：2023-12-21 07:55:34

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Glass Ceiling

T. R. Hummer

Because she wanted to teach me a lesson

about the natural world, my grandmother raised

Her .22 rifle—we were rabbit hunting, so the shotgun

was at home under her blue chintz pillow—and brought

A quail¹ down on the covey rise. Impossible shot

you may be thinking. True. I said “my grandmother”

Because if I’d said “my mother” you wouldn’t believe

a word of it, since a mother should be leading

A research group, or running a software company,

but a grandmother still can dress in buckskin

And ride a fabulous² palomino, doing handstands

on the saddle, executing trick shots blindfold³

With a musket⁴, reloading on the fly, while deep

in the underbrush I gather the rabbits to me

And we tremble together in the riptide of her passing.

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1 quail
n.鹌鹑；vi.畏惧，颤抖
参考例句：
Cowards always quail before the enemy.在敌人面前，胆小鬼们总是畏缩不前的。 Quail eggs are very high in cholesterol.鹌鹑蛋胆固醇含量高。

2 fabulous
adj.极好的；极为巨大的；寓言中的，传说中的
参考例句：
We had a fabulous time at the party.我们在晚会上玩得很痛快。 This is a fabulous sum of money.这是一笔巨款。

3 blindfold
vt.蒙住…的眼睛；adj.盲目的；adv.盲目地；n.蒙眼的绷带[布等]；障眼物，蒙蔽人的事物
参考例句：
They put a blindfold on a horse.他们给马蒙上遮眼布。 I can do it blindfold.我闭着眼睛都能做。

4 musket
n.滑膛枪
参考例句：
I hunted with a musket two years ago.两年前我用滑膛枪打猎。 So some seconds passed,till suddenly Joyce whipped up his musket and fired.又过了几秒钟，突然，乔伊斯端起枪来开了火。