录音:The Great Gatsby (continued)

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Turning me around by one arm, he moved a broad flat hand along the frontvista, including in its sweep a sunken Italian garden--请教这句如何理解? 特别是后半句,谢谢!


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His speaking voice, a gruff 粗哑的粗哑的husky tenor, added to the impression of fractiousness脾气不好的  he conveyed. There was a touch of paternal

 contempt in it, even toward people he liked — and there were men at New Haven who had hated his guts.

“Now, don’t think my opinion on these matters is final,” he seemed to say, “just because I’m stronger and more of a man than you are.” We were in the same senior society, and while we were never intimate I always had the impression that he approved of me and wanted me to like him with some harsh, defiant wistfulness of his own.

We talked for a few minutes on the sunny porch.

“I’ve got a nice place here,” he said, his eyes flashing about restlessly.

Turning me around by one arm, he moved a broad flat hand along the front vista, including in its sweep a sunken Italian garden, a half acre of deep, pungent roses, and a snub-nosed  motor-boat that bumped the tide offshore.

“It belonged to Demaine, the oil man.” He turned me around again, politely and abruptly. “We’ll go inside.”

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请教:including in its sweep a sunken Italian garden怎样理解?谢了 -sportwoman- 给 sportwoman 发送悄悄话 sportwoman 的博客首页 (291 bytes) () 09/10/2012 postreply 02:59:13

尝试理解 -sportwoman- 给 sportwoman 发送悄悄话 sportwoman 的博客首页 (1236 bytes) () 09/10/2012 postreply 03:29:25

很好!但sunken不是破落的意思,是凹陷的意思。 -NewVoice- 给 NewVoice 发送悄悄话 NewVoice 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/10/2012 postreply 03:33:21

Thank you sis Newvoice for your prompt advice! -sportwoman- 给 sportwoman 发送悄悄话 sportwoman 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/10/2012 postreply 06:19:00

pungent adj.刺鼻的;辛辣的;尖锐的;刻薄的 -EnLearner- 给 EnLearner 发送悄悄话 EnLearner 的博客首页 (1552 bytes) () 09/10/2012 postreply 20:55:15

散发浓郁香味的玫瑰园吗?谢谢Elearner! -sportwoman- 给 sportwoman 发送悄悄话 sportwoman 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/11/2012 postreply 03:02:17

谢谢小蔓提出这么多探讨的题目,让大家都受益。 -yingyudidida- 给 yingyudidida 发送悄悄话 yingyudidida 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/10/2012 postreply 05:59:52

I've learned a lot from you and other big shots here -sportwoman- 给 sportwoman 发送悄悄话 sportwoman 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/10/2012 postreply 06:18:01

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