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品嚼语段
At first he stayed up in his room most of the time in the evenings,reading and playing his harp.
起先,到了晚上他就待在自己的房间里,靠读读书、弹弹竖琴度过大部分时间。
But he soon preferred to read human nature by taking his meals in the general dining-room with the dairy people.
可是不久,他更愿意到公共餐室和奶场其他人一道吃饭,来体会人类的天性。
The longer he stayed, the more Clare liked living with these simple country people.
和大家在一起的时间越长,克莱尔就越喜欢和这些淳朴的乡下人生活在一起。
No longer did he see them as lacking in intelligence.
他不再把他们看做缺乏智慧、没有见地的人了。
He realized they were no different from him: he and they were all people walking on the dusty road which ends in death.
他领悟到他们跟他没有什么不同:他和他们一样都是风尘仆仆的赶路人,他们的最终归宿都是死亡。
He began to like working outside.He was learning about nature and about life.
他开始喜欢上户外的工作了。他在学习更多关于自然和关于生活的知识。
He came to know the changing seasons,morning and evening,different winds,waters and mists,shade and silence,and the voices of nature.
他渐渐感悟到了变化的四季,清晨和黄昏,各种各样的风,水域和云雾,阴影和沉寂,以及自然界发出的种种声音。
All this he had never known before.
对这一切,他过去是一无所知的。