英语美文欣赏 几乎每一个人的过去都流淌着一条小溪

每一个人的过去都流淌着一条小溪每一个人的过去都流淌着一条小溪02:13来自PeterZhao英语

(友情提示，英语朗读请点击音频，由Peter Zhao本人朗读)

Nearly everybody has a creek in his or her past, a secret waterway where one spent the spring of one’s youth.

几乎每一个人的过去都流淌着一条小溪,它发源于少年时代,一路潺潺絮语而来。

An old man’s voice weakens as he talks of a boyhood creek in Louisiana where he swam and fished. A woman feels suddenly at home again as she remembers catching fish in the creek behind her parents’ house.

一位老人谈起他孩提时在路易斯安那故乡的小溪里游泳、钓鱼时,语调便柔和起来。一位妇女一想起在她父母屋后的小溪里捉鱼的情景,顿时感到重新回到了故乡。

My creek wound between Grandfather’s garden and a neighbor’s hillside pasture. Its banks were shaded by cottonwood and redwood trees. On hot summer days the clear and cold water flowed over the little beaches where I fished.

我心中的小溪蜿蜒流淌在祖父的花园和邻居山腰的草地之间,三角叶杨和红杉将两岸遮得严严实实,密不透风。英语美文炎炎夏日,清澈透凉的溪水静静地流过散满砾石的小沙滩,我就在那儿钓鱼。

Nothing historic ever happened in these creeks, but they are deep in memory. These creeks are bigger than they seem. They are a part of our hearts and minds more than powerful rivers.

在这些记忆中的小溪里从来没有发生过什么惊天动地的大事,然而,它们深深扎根于记忆中。它们比看上去要博大得多。与汹涌澎湃的大河相比,小溪更深深地融入我们的大脑和心灵。

While rivers are heavy, creeks are clear, innocent, lively and full of dreams and promise. A child can paddle across them without a parent’s warnings. You can go to it alone, catch fish in it and swing from the ropes along its banks. Creeks belong to childhood, drawing you into a wider world, teaching you the curve of the earth.

大河积淀厚重,深不可测;小溪则清澈、纯净、活泼,充满了梦想和希望。孩子们不必担心父母的告诫即可涉水而过。你可以独自去小溪中捉鱼,在岸边系上绳子荡秋千。小溪属于童年,将孩子们带入一个更加广阔的世界,让你领略到大地起伏的轮廓。

Poet Robert Frost once wrote: It flows between us, over us and with us. And it is time, strength, tone, light, life and love.

诗人罗伯特·弗罗斯特写道:"小溪流淌着,在我们之中,在我们之上,跟我们融为一体。小溪是时间、力量、乐曲、光明、生命和爱。"

（英语素材和中文翻译来自网络英语由Peter Zhao朗读）

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