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威廉.萨姆塞特.毛姆 / William Somerset Maugham

That must be the story of innumerable couples, and the pattern of life it offers has a homely grace. It reminds you of a placid rivulet, meandering smoohtly through green pastures and shaded by pleasant trees, till at last it falls into the vasty sea; but the sea is so calm, so silent, so infifferent, that you are troubled suddently by a vague uneasiness. Perhaps it is only by a kink in my nature, strong in me even in those days, that I felt in such an existence, the share of the great majority, something amiss. I recognized its social value. I saw its ordered happiness, but a fever in my blood asked for a wilder course. There seemed to me something alarming in such easy delights. In my heart I desire to live more dangerously. I was not unprepared for jagged rocks and treacherous, shoals it I could only have change-change and the exicitement of unforeseen.

这一定是世间无数对夫妻的生活写照，这种生活模式给人一种天伦之美。它使人想起一条平静的溪流，蜿蜒畅游过绿茵的草场，浓荫遮蔽，最后注入烟波浩渺的汪洋大海；但是大海太过平静，太过沉默，太过不动声色，你会突然感到莫名的不安。也许这只是我自己的一种怪诞想法，在那样的时代，这想法对我影响很深：我觉得这像大多数人一样的生活，似乎欠缺了一点儿什么。我承认这种生活有社会价值，我也看到了它那井然有序的幸福，但我血液里的冲动却渴望一种更桀骜不驯的旅程．这样的安逸中好像有一种叫我惊惧不安的东西．我的心渴望一种更加惊险的生活。只要生活中还能有变迁 —— 以及不可知的刺激，我愿意踏上怪石嶙峋的山崖，奔赴暗礁满布的海滩。

词汇及词组释义

1.innumerable adj. 无数的,数不清的

例句：
The stars in the night sky are innumerable.
夜空中的星星数不清。

2.placid adj. 安静的,平和的

例句：
The child had a placid disposition.
这个孩子性情温和。

3.rivulet n. 小河

4.meandering adj. 曲折的,漫步的,聊天的

例句：
Streams tend to meander through level land.
河流流经平地时有蜿蜒曲折的倾向

5.indifferent adj. 漠不关心的,无重要性的,中立的

例句：
She seems indifferent, but deep down she's very pleased.
她貌似无动於衷, 其实心里非常高兴.

6.kink n. 纽结,蜷缩,颈

例句：
He's got a few kinks in his personality, if you ask me.
我认为他的个性有些怪僻.

7.jagged adj.锯齿状的, 有缺口的, 不齐的, 粗糙的, 凸凹不平的

例句：
A jagged wound or cut.
锯齿状的伤口或裂口

8.treacherous adj. 叛逆的,危险的

例句：
He is treacherous to his friends.
他对他的朋友不忠。

9.shoal v. 浅滩

例句：
The boat struck a shoal and fetched up all standing.
那艘船撞上浅滩突然停了下来。

10.remind of v.提醒, 使记起

例句：
There photos remind me of my childhood.
这些照片使我想起了我的童年。

11.amiss adj. 有毛病的,出差错的 adv. 有毛病,出差错的

例句：
A few words of introduction may not come amiss.
说几句开场白会很合适的。