讀點(diǎn)好英文:I Hear America Singing 我聽(tīng)見(jiàn)美洲在歌唱

I Hear America Singing 我聽(tīng)見(jiàn)美洲在歌唱

Walt Whitman

I Hear America singing, the varied caroIs I hear.

Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe

and strong，

The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam，

The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off

work，

The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the

deckhand singing on the steamboat deck，

The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing

as he stands，

The wood-cutter's song, the ploughboy's, on his way in the

morning, or at the noon intermission or at sundown，

The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at

work, or of the girl sewing or washing, Each singing what

belongs to her and to none else，

The day what belongs to the day—At night, the party of young

fellows, robust, friendly，

Singing with open mouths their strong meIodious songs.

我聽(tīng)見(jiàn)美洲在歌唱

沃爾特·惠特曼

我聽(tīng)見(jiàn)美國(guó)在唱歌，我聽(tīng)到了各種頌歌，

機(jī)械工人在歌唱著，每個(gè)人都在唱著他那快樂(lè)而嘹亮的歌，

木匠邊丈量著他的木板和房梁，邊唱著他的歌，

瓦匠在工作或休息的時(shí)候唱著他的歌，

船夫歌唱著他船上的一切，水手也在輪船的甲板上歌唱著，

鞋匠坐在板凳上歌唱，帽匠也在站著歌唱，

伐木者、耕童們走在清晨的路上，在歇息的中午，

或在日落時(shí)分歌唱著，

我還聽(tīng)到來(lái)自母親的美妙歌聲，正在操作的年輕的

妻子們或縫衣或洗衣女孩子們的歌。

每個(gè)人歌唱屬于他或她而不屬于別人的一切，

白天唱著屬于白天的歌，夜晚，在這一群體格健壯、友好相處

的年輕人聚會(huì)上，

唱著他們那嘹亮而優(yōu)美的旋律。

實(shí)戰(zhàn)提升

背景知識(shí)

沃爾特·惠特曼（Walt Whitman），美國(guó)詩(shī)人。他一生的詩(shī)作都被收在《草葉集》里了。在這部不斷擴(kuò)充再版的詩(shī)集里，詩(shī)人以主人翁的姿態(tài)，以高亢的聲調(diào)，歌頌了他先進(jìn)的國(guó)家、普通的人民群眾、富于民主和自由傳統(tǒng)的民族精神。

該詩(shī)作于林肯被刺后不久，直到現(xiàn)在，美洲的男女老少，皆能朗誦。那些衣帽商人也以“我聽(tīng)見(jiàn)美洲在歌唱”一詩(shī)為時(shí)髦，把這句詩(shī)作為商標(biāo)，訂在衣領(lǐng)上、帽沿邊。人們都紛紛去購(gòu)買(mǎi)標(biāo)有“我聽(tīng)見(jiàn)美洲在歌唱”詩(shī)句的衣帽。

單詞注解

caroI['k?r?l]（圣誕）頌歌；贊美詩(shī)

bIithe[blaie]無(wú)憂無(wú)慮的；漫不經(jīng)心的

hatter['h?t?]帽商

meIodious[mi'l?udj?s]旋律優(yōu)美的，悅耳動(dòng)聽(tīng)的

名句誦讀

l Hear America singing, the varied carols l hear.

The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing, Each singing what belongs to her and to none else, The day what belongs to the day—At night, the party of young fellows, robust, friendly, Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.