101 things I'd like to do for you
我愿意为你做的101件事
10. Every night when the wind blows and the faint orange light glows, I want to read your favorite bedtime story to you until you fall asleep.
10. 夜风幽幽,伴着淡淡的橘色灯光,我想在每晚入睡之前为你读一个你最爱的童话。
【知识点拨】
句中有一个很美的表达:the faint orange light glows。本期就大家讲讲其中的faint和glow。
faint
faint的意思是模糊的、微弱的,例如:
Despite of so many difficulties she had gone through, a faint hope still flickered in her breast.
尽管历尽艰辛,她的心中还是闪烁着希望的微光。
She threw me a faint smile.
她对我微微一笑。(faint在形容微笑时,常含有“勉强”的意思)
They said the painting was too faint to reproduce well.
他们说绘画颜色太浅了,复制不清楚。
faint还有“晕眩”的意思:
She suddenly fell forward on to the table and fainted.
她突然向前栽倒在桌上,晕了过去。
glow
glow的意思是“发光”,通常指比较微弱稳定的:
The cigarette's red glow danced about in the darkness.
香烟的红色暗光在黑暗中闪烁。
Her hair floats like a banner in the breeze and in the earlymorning light she seems to glow against a background of dark trees.
她的头发在微风的吹拂下像旗帜一样飘扬,晨光中她在一片黑暗树木的映衬下仿佛泛出光晕。
也可以指皮肤的光彩:
Her freckled skin glowed with health again.
她那有雀斑的皮肤又泛起健康的光彩。
glow还可以引申为较抽象的含义:
Exercise will give you a glow of satisfaction at having achieved something.
体育锻炼会带给你一种有所成就的喜悦。(a glow of..., 表示某种积极、愉快的感情)
埃米遇见的孕妇们个个脸上都洋溢着幸福和自豪的光彩。
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