美文欣赏

How happy is the little stone

——Emily Dickinson

How happy is the little stone.

That rambles in the road alone,

And doesn't care about careers,

And exigencies never fears——

Whose coat of elemental brown

A passing universe put on;

And independent as the sun,

Associates or glows alone,

Fulfilling absolute decree

in casual simplicity.

美丽译文

小石头

多幸福的小石头啊，

独自在路上漫步，

不汲汲于功名，

也从不为变帮担心；

匆匆而过的宇宙，

也得披上它自然褐色的外衣。

它独立不羁如太阳，

与从同辉，或独自闪光，

在一种不经意的朴素里，

它决然顺应天意。
词汇释义

1.ramble n. 漫步,闲谈 v. 漫步,漫谈,漫游

例句：

I like rambling around in the country.
我喜欢在乡间漫步。

2.exigency n. 紧急,迫切需要

例句：

We really, and justly, look upon a person as possessing the advantages of wealth, not in proportion to the useful and agreeable things of which he is in the actual enjoyment, but to his command over the general fund of things useful and agreeable;the power he possesses of providing for any exigency, or obtaining any object of desire.
的确，我们在衡量一个人因拥有财富而得到的好处时，不是看他实际享有多少有用而合意的物品，而是看他对一般有用而合意的物品拥有多大支配权，即看他在应付紧急需要或满足欲望方面有多大能力。

3.decree n. 法令,判决

例句：

This decree has the force of law behind it.
这一裁决有法律的力量作後盾.

4.simplicity n. 单纯,简朴

例句：

Simplicity is the essence of good taste.
纯朴是情趣高尚的主要因素。