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Chinese → English Chapter 2 Level 7/10

我们一起长大;年龄相差不到一岁。

We were brought up together; there was not quite a year difference in our ages.

我无需说我们对任何形式的不和或争吵都是陌生的。

I need not say that we were strangers to any species of disunion or dispute.

和谐是我们友谊的灵魂,而我们性格中存在的差异与对比使我们更加亲密。

Harmony was the soul of our companionship, and the diversity and contrast that subsisted in our characters drew us nearer together.

伊丽莎白的性情更为平静、更为内敛;但凭借我全部的热情,我能够更加专注地投入,也更深地被求知的渴望所打动。

Elizabeth was of a calmer and more concentrated disposition; but, with all my ardour, I was capable of a more intense application and was more deeply smitten with the thirst for knowledge.

她忙于追随诗人们空灵的创作;在环绕着我们瑞士家园的那些雄伟壮丽的景色之中——巍峨的山峦、四季的更迭、风暴与宁静、冬日的寂静,以及我们阿尔卑斯山夏日的生机与喧嚣——她找到了尽情欣赏与陶醉的广阔天地。

She busied herself with following the aerial creations of the poets; and in the majestic and wondrous scenes which surrounded our Swiss home—the sublime shapes of the mountains, the changes of the seasons, tempest and calm, the silence of winter, and the life and turbulence of our Alpine summers—she found ample scope for admiration and delight.

当我的伙伴以认真而满足的心情凝视万物壮丽的外表时,我却乐于探究其背后的成因。

While my companion contemplated with a serious and satisfied spirit the magnificent appearances of things, I delighted in investigating their causes.

世界对我来说是一个我渴望解开的秘密。

The world was to me a secret which I desired to divine.

好奇心、探寻自然隐秘法则的热切渴望,以及当这些法则在我面前展开时近乎狂喜的喜悦,都是我所能记得的最早的感受之一。

Curiosity, earnest research to learn the hidden laws of nature, gladness akin to rapture, as they were unfolded to me, are among the earliest sensations I can remember.

在我的第二个弟弟出生时——他比我小七岁——我的父母完全放弃了漂泊的生活,定居在了他们的故乡。

On the birth of a second son, my junior by seven years, my parents gave up entirely their wandering life and fixed themselves in their native country.

Vocabulary

difference
差异,不同之处
strangers
陌生人;对某事毫不了解的人
species
种类,类型
disunion
不和,分裂,分离状态
dispute
争论,争吵,纠纷
Harmony
和谐,融洽,协调一致
soul
灵魂,精神,内心深处
companionship
陪伴,友谊,伙伴关系
diversity
多样性,差异性
contrast
对比,差异,对照
subsisted
subsist的过去式,存在,维持
characters
性格,品质,人物特征
drew
draw的过去式,吸引,拉近
nearer
更近,near的比较级
calmer
更平静,calm的比较级
concentrated
专注的,集中的,专心致志
disposition
性格,性情,天性倾向
ardour
热情,热忱,强烈的热爱
capable
有能力的,能够做到某事
intense
强烈的,极度的,专注的
application
专心,努力,用功;应用
deeply
深深地,深切地
smitten
深深着迷的,被强烈吸引的
thirst
渴望,强烈欲望;口渴
knowledge
知识,学问,了解
busied
busy的过去式,使忙碌于某事
following
追随,跟随;以下的
aerial
空中的,飘渺的,想象中的
creations
创造物,作品,想象的事物
poets
诗人,poet的复数形式
majestic
宏伟的,壮丽的,庄严的
wondrous
奇妙的,令人惊叹的
scenes
景色,场景,scene的复数
surrounded
包围,环绕,surround的过去式
Swiss
瑞士的,与瑞士相关的
sublime
崇高的,壮美的,令人敬畏的
shapes
形状,轮廓,shape的复数
tempest
暴风雨,猛烈的风暴
calm
平静,宁静,镇定
silence
寂静,沉默,无声
turbulence
动荡,混乱,湍流
Alpine
阿尔卑斯山的,高山的
ample
充足的,丰富的,宽裕的
scope
范围,空间,机会
admiration
钦佩,赞美,欣赏
delight
喜悦,快乐,高兴
While
然而,而,表示对比的连词
companion
同伴,伙伴,陪伴者
contemplated
深思,凝视,contemplate的过去式
serious
认真的,严肃的,严重的
satisfied
满足的,满意的,感到满意
spirit
精神,心灵,气质
magnificent
壮观的,宏伟的,极好的
appearances
外观,外貌,appearance的复数
delighted
高兴的,喜悦的;使高兴
investigating
调查,研究,investigate的现在分词
causes
原因,起因,cause的复数
secret
秘密,奥秘,神秘的事物
desired
渴望,desire的过去式,想要
divine
神圣的,揭示,探索
Curiosity
好奇心,求知欲,好奇
earnest
认真的,真诚的,热切的
research
研究,调查,探索
hidden
隐藏的,秘密的,未知的
laws
法则,规律,law的复数
nature
自然,本性,大自然
gladness
高兴,喜悦,快乐
akin
类似的,相近的,有亲缘关系
rapture
狂喜,极度喜悦,欣喜若狂
unfolded
展开,显露,unfold的过去式
among
在...之中,在...之间
earliest
最早的,early的最高级
sensations
感觉,感受,sensation的复数
birth
出生,诞生,分娩
junior
年幼的,低级的,晚辈的
entirely
完全地,全部地,彻底地
wandering
漫游,流浪,wander的现在分词
fixed
定居,固定,fix的过去式
native
本地的,故乡的,本土的
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