新概念早讀英語初中版 第13期:城市的黎明
城市的黎明
It is alway a wonder-ful time to gaze at the beauty ofnature in the morning.
清晨,凝視著大自然的美景,總是美妙的。
It makes our minds become so peaceful and calm
這樣會讓我們的心變得寧靜安然，
that all our worries and sorrows leave us at once.
憂慮和愁苦就會立刻遠離我們。
But as residents of the city,
但是作為城市的居民，
we can hardly enjoy nature's morning beauty,
我們很難欣賞大自然的清晨美景，
despite the fact that we rise at dawn.
盡管我們黎明即起。
The morning peaceful atmosphere is in- variably spoiled by the usual city life.
清晨的寧靜氣氛總是會被慣常的城市生活破壞。
Even before daybreak
甚至在天還未破曉時，
the trams and buses have already begun to disturb the silence.
電車和公共汽車早已打破了寂靜。
And the sounds made by the brooms of the street-sweepers are the typical noises
清潔工的掃帚聲是典型的噪聲，
that jar your ears in the early morning in the streets of a city.
在清晨的城市的街道，它刺激著你的耳朵。
Soon,school children and office workers begin to set off to their destinations.
不久,學(xué)生和辦公室職員開始動身到他們的目的地去。
The streets are jammed by pubic vehicles and motorcars.
街上堵塞著公交車和小汽車，
The roads are all crowded with people of all ranks.
路上擠滿了人。
Buses are packed with passengers who are squashed so tightly together
公共汽車?yán)飻D滿了乘客他們擠得緊緊的，
that they seem to be tinned sardines.
看起來像是裝在罐頭里的沙丁魚。
At this hour,the city everywhere is filled with all sorts of noises,
此刻,城市到處都混雜著各種嘈雜聲，
adding to the rumbling of trams
再加上電車的隆隆聲，
and the honks of the big and small motorcars,commercial vehicles,etc.
大小汽車,貨車等等的喇叭聲。
It seems the city in the morning
似乎早晨的城市
is like an exodus of all the citizens from their homes.
就像是所有市民從他們家成群結(jié)隊地走出來。
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