Glass Ceiling

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Glass Ceiling
T. R. Hummer
Because she wanted to teach me a lesson
      about the natural world, my grandmother raised
Her .22 rifle—we were rabbit hunting, so the shotgun
      was at home under her blue chintz pillow—and brought
A quail1 down on the covey rise. Impossible shot
      you may be thinking. True. I said “my grandmother”
Because if I’d said “my mother” you wouldn’t believe
      a word of it, since a mother should be leading
A research group, or running a software company,
      but a grandmother still can dress in buckskin
And ride a fabulous2 palomino, doing handstands
      on the saddle, executing trick shots blindfold3
With a musket4, reloading on the fly, while deep
      in the underbrush I gather the rabbits to me
And we tremble together in the riptide of her passing.

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1 quail f0UzL     
n.鹌鹑;vi.畏惧,颤抖
参考例句:
  • Cowards always quail before the enemy.在敌人面前,胆小鬼们总是畏缩不前的。
  • Quail eggs are very high in cholesterol.鹌鹑蛋胆固醇含量高。
2 fabulous ch6zI     
adj.极好的;极为巨大的;寓言中的,传说中的
参考例句:
  • We had a fabulous time at the party.我们在晚会上玩得很痛快。
  • This is a fabulous sum of money.这是一笔巨款。
3 blindfold blindfold     
vt.蒙住…的眼睛;adj.盲目的;adv.盲目地;n.蒙眼的绷带[布等]; 障眼物,蒙蔽人的事物
参考例句:
  • They put a blindfold on a horse.他们给马蒙上遮眼布。
  • I can do it blindfold.我闭着眼睛都能做。
4 musket 46jzO     
n.滑膛枪
参考例句:
  • I hunted with a musket two years ago.两年前我用滑膛枪打猎。
  • So some seconds passed,till suddenly Joyce whipped up his musket and fired.又过了几秒钟,突然,乔伊斯端起枪来开了火。

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