新东方英语美文背诵: 八月之美（节选）

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[00:01.56]08 -August(Excerpt) Charles Dickens	八月之美（节选） 查尔斯・狄更斯
[00:09.64]There is no month in the whole year, in which nature wear a more beautiful appearance than in the moth of August. 一年之中，没有任何一个月份的自然风光比得过八月的风采。
[00:17.70]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. 春天美不胜收，而五月也是一个明媚的清新、繁花似锦的月份，但这些时节的魅力是由于冬天的对比而增强的。
[00:29.11]August has no such advantage. 八月没有这样的优势。
[00:32.10]It comes when we remember nothing but clear skies, green fields, and sweet-smelling flowers -- 它来的时候，我们只记得明朗的天空、碧绿的田野，还有芳香四溢的花朵――
[00:39.20]when the recollection of snow, and ice, and bleak winds, has faded from our minds as completely as they have disappeared from the earth--记忆中的冰雪、刺骨的寒风都已完全从我们的脑海中消逝，就仿佛它们在地球上了无踪迹――
[00:48.75]and yet what a pleasant time it is! 然而八月是多么令人惬意的季节啊！
[00:52.90]Orchards and cornfields ring with the hum of labors; trees bend beneath the thick clusters of rich fruit which bow their branches to the ground; 果园和麦田到处都充溢着忙碌劳作的声响；串串果实压得果树都弯下了腰，枝条低垂到地面；
[01:04.83]and the corn, piled in graceful sheaves, or waving in every light breath that sweeps above it, 还有谷穗，有的一捆捆优雅地堆挤在一起，有的迎风招展，
[01:13.86]as if it wooed the sickle, tinges the landscape with a golden hue. 仿佛在向镰刀求爱，它们给周围的景致染上了一层金黄的色调；
[01:19.21]A mellow softness appears to hang over the whole earth; 整个大地似乎笼罩在醇香柔和的气氛中；
[01:24.30]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.	这秋季的气氛似乎也影响了那些马车，只有眼睛可以察觉到它们穿过收割过的田野缓慢移动，但耳旁却静寂无声。
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新东方英语美文背诵: 八月之美（节选）