【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ；雄鳥；；使聳立；使朝上crow[kro]；報(bào)曉crowd[kra?d]n. 群眾,一伙。一堆,許多,大眾v. 擁擠,擠滿,擠進(jìn)vt. 擠滿,將...塞進(jìn)。催促,催逼vi. 擠,擁擠,聚集twitter[39。tw?t?]，；嘁嘁喳喳地講 dawn[d?n]；；出現(xiàn)；被領(lǐng)悟glint[ɡl?nt]；使發(fā)光；（光線）反射；；閃光pasture[39。p230。st??]；牧場；；吃草他堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為，凌晨雄雞第一聲啼叫，黎明時分小鳥吱喳歡叫，冉冉升起的朝陽染紅樹木、牧場，此番美景無與倫比。This idyllic pastoral scene is only part of the picture. idyllic[a?39。d?l?k]pastoral[39。p230。st?rl]adj. 牧師的；牧人的；田園生活的；鄉(xiāng)村的n. 牧歌；田園詩；田園景色part of the picture 事實(shí)的一個方面 但這種田園詩般的鄉(xiāng)村風(fēng)光僅僅是一個側(cè)面。My friend fails to mention the long and friendless winter evenings in front of the TV virtually the only form of entertainment. mention[39。m?n??n]vt. 提到，談到；提及，論及；說起n. 提及，說起friendless[39。fr?ndl?s]；無依無靠的；孤單的virtually[39。v?t???li]，幾乎；實(shí)質(zhì)上(這個詞很奇怪，在計(jì)算機(jī)詞匯中是虛擬的意思)He is the virtual head of my business. 他是我們公司的實(shí)際負(fù)責(zé)人。entertain[,?nt?39。ten]vt. 娛樂；招待；懷抱；容納vi. 款待I like to entertain friends with music and refreshments at home. 我喜歡在家里用音樂和茶點(diǎn)招待朋友。entertainment[39。?nt?39。tenm?nt]；消遣；款待我的朋友沒有提到在電視機(jī)前度過的漫長寂寞的冬夜——電視是唯一的娛樂形式。He says nothing about the poor selection of goods in the shops, or about those unfortunate people who have to travel from the country to the city every day to get to work. say nothing about 對某事閉口不談unfortunate[?n39。f?rt??n?t]adj. 不幸的；令人遺憾的；不成功的fortune[39。f?rt??n]n. 財(cái)富；命運(yùn)；運(yùn)氣fortunate[39。f?rt??n?t]adj. 幸運(yùn)的；僥幸的；吉祥的；帶來幸運(yùn)的他也不說商店貨物品種單調(diào)，以及那些每天不得不從鄉(xiāng)下趕到城里工作的不幸的人們。Why people are prepared to tolerate a fourhour journey each day for the dubious privilege of living in the country is beyond me. prepare[pr?39。p?r]vt. 準(zhǔn)備；使適合；裝備；起草vi. 預(yù)備；做好思想準(zhǔn)備prepare to do do 準(zhǔn)備做某事be prepared to do 情愿做某事(原意且有能力做什么)tolerate[39。tɑl?ret]；默許；寬恕 dubious[39。dub??s]；曖昧的；無把握的；半信半疑的privilege[39。pr?vl?d?]n. 特權(quán)；優(yōu)待；基本權(quán)利vt. 給與…特權(quán)；特免beyond[b?39。jɑnd]prep. 超過；越過人們?yōu)槭裁辞樵该刻煸诼飞媳疾?個小時去換取值得懷疑的鄉(xiāng)間的優(yōu)點(diǎn)，我是無法理解的。They could be saved so much misery and expense if they chose to live in the city where they rightly belong. save sb. sth. 為某人節(jié)省某物save doing sth. 免得做某事misery[39。m?z?ri]，悲慘；不幸；苦惱；窮困expense[?k39。sp?ns]，代價(jià)；消費(fèi)；…收取費(fèi)用rightly[39。ra?tli]adv. 正確地；恰當(dāng)?shù)?；公正地；合適地belong[b?39。l??]vi. 屬于，應(yīng)歸入；居??；適宜；應(yīng)被放置要是他們愿意住在本來屬于他們的城市，則可以讓他們省去諸多不便與節(jié)約大量開支。If you can do without the few pastoral pleasures of the country, you will find the city can provide you with the best that life can offer. do without 沒有...也行，用不著 We can do without your advices, thank you. 我們用不著你的意見，謝了。pastoral[39。p230。st?r?l]；牧人的；田園生活的；鄉(xiāng)村的pleasure[39。pl???]n. 快樂；希望；娛樂；令人高興的事vt. 使高興；使?jié)M意vi. 高興；尋歡作樂best[b?st]n. 最好的人，最好的事物；最佳狀態(tài)adj. 最好的adv. 最好地如果你愿舍棄鄉(xiāng)下生活那一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)樂趣的話，那么你會發(fā)出城市可以為你提供生活最美好的東西。that life can offer是定語從句，修飾the best；意思是，生活所能帶給你的一切好東西。 整句話不妨這么翻譯：(進(jìn)了城)，你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)，生活中一切最美好的東西，城市都能夠給你提供。You never have to travel miles to see your friends. 你去看朋友根本不用跋涉好幾英里；They invariably live nearby and are always available for an informal cha