To dust is gone the fame achieved in thirty years;
Like cloud-veiled moon the thousand-mile Plain disappears.
Should youthful heads in vain turn grey, We would regret for aye.
语音讲解:
今日发音练习重点:
言之有物:
1. To dust is gone the fame achieved in thirty years;
三十功名尘与土,
三十年来得到的功名如同尘土一样微不足道。
三十,是概数。功名,或指岳飞攻克襄阳六郡以后建节晋升之事。
① to dust → 尘与土
② the fame achieved in thirty years→三十功名
③ 词链儿:XX is gone
不复存在;一去不复返
The days are gone when we suffered so much.
以前这种受苦的日子已经过去了。
2. Like cloud-veiled moon the thousand-mile Plain disappears.
八千里路云和月。
形容南征北战,路途遥远,披星戴月。
八千,是概数,极言沙场征战行程之远。
① Like cloud-veiled moon → 云和月
② the thousand-mile Plain → 八千里路
③ 词链儿:cloud-veiled moon
被云遮蔽的月亮
veil
→ n. 面纱
a bridal veil
新娘的面纱
→ v. 罩着神秘/隐秘的面纱;遮掩
A fine drizzle began to veil the hills.
蒙蒙的细雨渐渐笼罩了群山。
veiled adj. 含蓄的;掩饰的;蒙面的
A veiled woman gave me a kindly smile.
一位戴面纱的女子给了我一个友好的微笑。
3. Should youthful heads in vain turn grey, We would regret for aye.
莫等闲、白了少年头,空悲切。
莫虚度年华白了少年头,只有独自悔恨悲悲切切。
→ If youthful heads should turn grey in vain, we would regret for aye.
若早知道年轻的我们会白白老去,我们估计永世后悔。
语法:虚拟语气
*虚拟条件句的从句部分如果含有were, should, 或had, 可将if省略,再把were, should或had移到从句句首,实行倒装。
Should he agree to go there, we would send him there.
= If he should agree to go there...
要是他答应去的话,我们就派他去了。
回顾【if...should 虚拟语气】
① 词链儿:in vain
枉费心机;徒劳无益;白费力气
All our efforts were in vain.
我们的所有努力都付诸东流了。
They tried in vain to persuade her to go.
他们极力劝说她去,但枉费了一番口舌。
★原声例句:I've spent all afternoon trying in vain to put this bookcase together.
我花了一下午时间也没有把书架组装好。
★原声例句:Sally didn't like that idea at all, but she objected in vain.
萨莉一点也不接受那个想法,但她只能徒劳地反对。
You have fought valiantly... but in vain.
你们的抵抗很英勇,但都是徒劳的。
图片源自《哈利·波特与死亡圣器》
And he died in vain. Everybody out there has died in vain.
他就这样白白死了。外面的那些人也要死了。
图片源自《2012》
回顾【do XX in vain 白费功夫做XX / 徒劳地做XX】
② 词链儿:turn grey
头发灰白
She was a tall thin woman who had gone grey early.
她是一个高高瘦瘦的女人,头发早早地白了。
③ 词链儿:for aye
[古语,诗歌用语] 永远地,永久地
I will be your friend for aye.
我将永远成为你的朋友。
regret for aye
永远地后悔
But this vow unfulfilled will be regretted for aye.
此恨绵绵无绝期! (许渊冲翻译《长恨歌》)
活学活用:
请用 (do XX) in vain 随意造句
这首《满江红》出自南宋的《岳武穆疑文》,一般认为作者是岳飞。
岳飞在军事方面的才能则被誉为宋、辽、金、西夏时期最为杰出的军事统帅。他的《满江红》字体雄浑峻拔,笔墨飞动。岳飞这首满江红英勇而悲壮,深为人们所喜爱,它真实、充分地反映了岳飞精忠报国、一腔热血的英雄气概。
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