美文欣賞：八月之美

 

August (Excerpt)八月之美(節(jié)選)

Charles Dickens/查爾斯 狄更斯

 

一年之中，沒有任何一個月份的自然風光比得過八月的風采。

Spring has many beauties, and May is a fresh and blooming month, but the charms of this time of year are enhanced by their contrast with the winter season.

春天美不勝收，而五月也是一個明媚清新、繁花似錦的月份，但這些時節(jié)的魅力是由于與冬天的對比而增強的。

八月沒有這樣的優(yōu)勢。

It comes when we remember nothing but clear skies, green fields, and sweet-smelling flowers—when the recollection of snow, and ice, and bleak winds, has faded from our minds as completely as they have disappeared from the earth — and yet what a pleasant time it is!

它來的時候，我們只記得明朗的天空、碧綠的田野，還有芳香四溢的花朵——記憶中的冰雪、刺骨的寒風都已完全從我們的腦海中消逝，就仿佛它們在地球上了無蹤跡——然而八月是多么令人愜意的季節(jié)啊！

Orchards and cornfields ring with the hum of labours; trees bend beneath the thick clusters of rich fruit which bow their branches to the ground; and the corn, piled in graceful sheaves, or waving in every light breath that sweeps above it, as if it wooed the sickle, tinges the landscape with a golden hue.

果園和麥田到處都充溢著忙碌勞作的聲響；串串果實壓得果樹都彎下了腰，枝條低垂到地面；還有谷穗，有的一捆捆優(yōu)雅地堆擠在一起，有的迎風招展，仿佛在向鐮刀求愛，它們給周圍的景致染上了一層金黃的色調

A mellow softness appears to hang over the whole earth; the influence of the season seems to extend itself to the very wagon, whose slow motion across the well-reaped field, is perceptible only to the eye, but strikes with no harsh sound upon the ear.

整個大地似乎籠罩在醇香柔和的氣氛中；這秋季的氣氛似乎也影響了那些馬車，只有眼睛可以察覺到它們穿過收割過的田野緩慢移動，但耳旁卻寂靜無聲。

作者簡介：

查爾斯·狄更斯是英國十九世紀偉大的批判現實主義作家，一生創(chuàng)作了大量作品，廣泛描寫了19世紀英國維多利亞時代的社會生活，揭露了資產階級金錢世界的種種罪惡。著名作品《雙城記》、《霧都孤兒》。