The Book of Life

时间：2014-08-08 03:30:50

（单词翻译:单击）

The Book of Life 
Laura Kasischke
 
 
Pale and naked without their bodies, the souls 
 examine the book 
 in which they hope to find 
 their names inscribed（题写，雕刻）. 
 
Made of soap. Now. Made 
 of smoke. Now 
 made of dew 
 and hairlessness. And how 
 
primitive1, I realize, seeing them, it's been: 
 The body. Its 
 
silly limbs transporting, through the world, our 
 windblownness. Our 
 cloud wherever it went. 
 
Teeth, old-fashioned and enameled2（上釉的）, so 
 easily chipped. 
 The nose, often 
 runny, sometimes broken. 
 Heavy eyelids3. Ankle twisted. How 
 
did we bear it as it bore us, all 
 stuttering and limping, clomping, hungry, 
 shaggy（蓬松的）, horny, and diseased. All 
 
that meat -- grossly, morosely4（愁眉苦脸地） -- weighted 
 around a soul: 
 
A simple soul!
 Exhausting coat!
 Skipping along like hope.

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1 primitive vSwz0     
adj.原始的；简单的；n.原(始)人，原始事物
参考例句：
  • It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。
  • His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。
2 enameled e3b37d52cf2791ac9a65b576d975f228     
涂瓷釉于，给…上瓷漆，给…上彩饰( enamel的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The grey walls were divided into artificial paneling by strips of white-enameled pine. 灰色的墙壁用漆白的松木条隔成镶板的模样。
  • I want a pair of enameled leather shoes in size 38. 我要一双38号的亮漆皮鞋。
3 eyelids 86ece0ca18a95664f58bda5de252f4e7     
n.眼睑( eyelid的名词复数 )；眼睛也不眨一下；不露声色；面不改色
参考例句：
  • She was so tired, her eyelids were beginning to droop. 她太疲倦了，眼睑开始往下垂。
  • Her eyelids drooped as if she were on the verge of sleep. 她眼睑低垂好像快要睡着的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 morosely faead8f1a0f6eff59213b7edce56a3dc     
adv.愁眉苦脸地，忧郁地
参考例句：
  • Everybody, thought Scarlett, morosely, except me. 思嘉郁郁不乐地想。除了我，人人都去了。 来自飘（部分）
  • He stared at her morosely. 他愁容满面地看着她。 来自辞典例句

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