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1、菊花--約翰約翰·斯坦貝克TheChrysanthemums菊花(byJohnSteinbeck約翰?斯坦貝克)摘自：英語泛讀教程4Elisaisayoungmarriedladyworkingonanisolatedfarmandproudofherskillsingrowingflowers.Oneday,shesuddenlyfeelsadesiretocommunicatewiththeoutsideworld.Whathappenstoher?Pleasereadthefollowingstory.年輕媳婦伊利莎住在一家偏僻的農(nóng)場，一手高超的種花技能令她自豪。一天，她突然有了與外界交
2、流的愿望。有什么故事發(fā)生呢？請您往下看。Thehighgrey-flannelfogofwinterclosedofftheSalinasValleyfromtheskyandfromalltherestoftheworld.Oneverysideitsatlikealidonthemountainsandmadeofthegreatvalleyaclosedpot.Onthebroad,levellandfloorthegangplowsbitdeepandlefttheblackearthshininglikemetalwheretheshareshadcut.Onthefoothillr
3、anches11acrosstheSalinasRiver,theyellowstubblefieldsseemedtobebathedinpalecoldsunshine,buttherewasnosunshineinthevalleynowinDecember.Thethickwillowscrubalongtheriverflamedwithsharpandpositiveyellowleaves.飄蕩在半空中的冬霧呈現(xiàn)出灰法蘭絨色，將薩利納斯山谷嚴實地罩了起來；同時也把它與外界分隔開。霧氣鎖著山頭，四面象頂蓋子，而山谷則成了一口蓋得嚴嚴實實的深鍋。農(nóng)民在寬闊平坦的土地上深耕，犁鏵過處，
4、黑色的土地閃著金屬的光澤。在橫臥薩利納斯河的丘陵地上，農(nóng)場里的茬地泛著黃色，象是沐浴在冷冷的蒼白日光下；不過，現(xiàn)在時至臘月，山谷里沒什么陽光。河邊上密密麻麻的柳叢上的黃葉顏色鮮濃，象著了火似的。Itwasatimeofquietandofwaiting.Theairwascoldandtender.Alightwindblewupfromthesouthwestsothatthefarmersweremildlyhopefulofagoodrainbeforelong;butfogandraindonotgotogether.這是一個安靜，叫人等待的季節(jié)。空氣涼涼的，柔柔的。從西南方向吹來一陣
5、輕風，農(nóng)民們隱隱地感到不久會有一場及時雨，但雨和霧是不一起來的。Acrosstheriver,onHenryAllen’sfoothillranchtherewaslittleworktobedone,forthehaywascutandstoredandtheorchardswereploweduptoreceivetheraindeeply11whenitshouldcome.Thecattleonthehigherslopeswerebecomingshaggyandrough-coated.河對岸亨利?埃倫家位于丘陵上的農(nóng)場里已經(jīng)沒什么活計了：干草都收割過并存放了起來，果園業(yè)已深翻過，
6、好等到有雨的時候澆個透底墑。高處山坡上的牛變得毛皮雜亂粗糙。ElisaAllen,workinginherflowergarden,lookeddownacrosstheyardandsawHenry,herhusband,talkingtotwomeninbusinesssuits.Thethreeofthemstoodbythetractorshed,eachmanwithonefootonthesideofthelittleFordson.Theysmokedcigarettesandstudiedthemachineastheytalked.伊利莎?埃倫正在花園里干活兒，穿過院子朝遠處
7、望時，她看見丈夫亨利正在與兩個身著工作服的人交談。三個人都站在拖拉機棚邊上，一只腳蹬在那輛小型福特牌拖拉機的一側(cè)。說話的時候，他們邊抽著煙，邊打量拖拉機。Elisawatchedthemforamomentandthenwentbacktoherwork.Shewasthirty-five.Herfacewasleanandstrongandhereyeswereasclearaswater.He
