Honeymoon

时间：2016-06-17 06:52:23

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Honeymoon1
Dorianne Laux
 
 
We didn't have one, unless you count Paris, 
 20 years later, after we'd almost given up on the idea. 
 We'd imagined one, long nights beneath 
 a warm celestial2 sky; him growing his beard, 
 me in a silk turquoise3 robe, floating, billowing, 
 on a deserted4 beach foraging5 for whole sand dollars, 
 jelly fish washed up on the shore, their glittering insides 
 visible, still pulsing through flesh made of glass, 
 but it never happened. We had to work through 
 our vacations, refinance the house, find someone 
 to cut down the cedar6 that threatened to bury us 
 with each storm. We wanted to make up 
 for the wedding, or lack of one, the granite 
 courthouse steps, the small room with a desk, 
 the flimsy document stamped with a cheap gold seal. 
 Even then we meant to have a party on the deck, 
 cheese and crackers7, fruit plates, sparkling 
 grape cider in plastic cups, our friends on the lawn 
 calling you the Big Kahuna, me Mrs. Dynamite, 
 me calling you my Sweet Dragon, you calling me 
 your little Red Corvette. Instead, time found a way 
 to demand each minute, until one night, 
 after you'd gotten a small windfall in the mail, 
 you turned to me and said, I'm going to take you to Paris, 
 me in my ratty robe and floppy8 slippers9, you 
 in your flannel10 pj bottoms and black wife beater, 
 muting the clicker when I said "What?" 
 and saying it again. Then we were there, 
 in our 60s, standing11 below the dire12 Eiffel Tower, 
 its 81 stories of staircases we couldn't possibly climb, 
 its 73 thousand tons of puddled iron, you 
 taking my picture for posterity13, me 
 kissing you beneath the pathway of arched trees, 
 our voices echoing against the six million skulls 
 embedded inside the stone catacombs, me 
 saying, I guess you weren't kidding, you 
 taking my hand in the rain.

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1 honeymoon ucnxc     
n.蜜月（假期）；vi.度蜜月
参考例句：
  • While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
  • The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。
2 celestial 4rUz8     
adj.天体的；天上的
参考例句：
  • The rosy light yet beamed like a celestial dawn.玫瑰色的红光依然象天上的朝霞一样绚丽。
  • Gravity governs the motions of celestial bodies.万有引力控制着天体的运动。
3 turquoise Uldwx     
n.绿宝石；adj.蓝绿色的
参考例句：
  • She wore a string of turquoise round her neck.她脖子上戴着一串绿宝石。
  • The women have elaborate necklaces of turquoise.那些女人戴着由绿松石制成的精美项链。
4 deserted GukzoL     
adj.荒芜的，荒废的，无人的，被遗弃的
参考例句：
  • The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
  • The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers.敌人头目众叛亲离。
5 foraging 6101d89c0b474e01becb6651ecd4f87f     
v.搜寻（食物），尤指动物觅（食）( forage的现在分词 )；（尤指用手）搜寻（东西）
参考例句：
  • They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps. 他们靠在垃圾场捡垃圾维持着朝不保夕的生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The campers went foraging for wood to make a fire. 露营者去搜寻柴木点火。 来自辞典例句
6 cedar 3rYz9     
n.雪松，香柏(木)
参考例句：
  • The cedar was about five feet high and very shapely.那棵雪松约有五尺高,风姿优美。
  • She struck the snow from the branches of an old cedar with gray lichen.她把长有灰色地衣的老雪松树枝上的雪打了下来。
7 crackers nvvz5e     
adj.精神错乱的，癫狂的n.爆竹( cracker的名词复数 )；薄脆饼干；（认为）十分愉快的事；迷人的姑娘
参考例句：
  • That noise is driving me crackers. 那噪声闹得我简直要疯了。
  • We served some crackers and cheese as an appetiser. 我们上了些饼干和奶酪作为开胃品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 floppy xjGx1     
adj.松软的，衰弱的
参考例句：
  • She was wearing a big floppy hat.她戴了顶松软的大帽子。
  • Can you copy those files onto this floppy disk?你能把那些文件复制到这张软盘上吗？
9 slippers oiPzHV     
n. 拖鞋
参考例句：
  • a pair of slippers 一双拖鞋
  • He kicked his slippers off and dropped on to the bed. 他踢掉了拖鞋，倒在床上。
10 flannel S7dyQ     
n.法兰绒；法兰绒衣服
参考例句：
  • She always wears a grey flannel trousers.她总是穿一条灰色法兰绒长裤。
  • She was looking luscious in a flannel shirt.她穿着法兰绒裙子，看上去楚楚动人。
11 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
参考例句：
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
12 dire llUz9     
adj.可怕的，悲惨的，阴惨的，极端的
参考例句：
  • There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
  • We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。
13 posterity D1Lzn     
n.后裔，子孙，后代
参考例句：
  • Few of his works will go down to posterity.他的作品没有几件会流传到后世。
  • The names of those who died are recorded for posterity on a tablet at the back of the church.死者姓名都刻在教堂后面的一块石匾上以便后人铭记。

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