Aerialist_经典赏析_英文阅读网

Aerialist

文章来源：文章作者：发布时间：2007-07-07 06:41 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

(单词翻译:双击或拖选)

Her life is the wire-she can never come down.

Sometimes she stops and sits on it to eat，

even sleeps there， her whole body stretched

as the wire is stretched. In sleep

she keeps her balance，

feet curled like a monkey's

the habit of grasping：

she has never fallen.

She never will， not entirely¹.

Once in a while a slip

causes her to hang for a moment by her hands.

It isn't the danger of falling that slices through her dreams

but the wire itself， drawing

a line through her body，

leaving a mark on the soles of her feet，

her buttocks， her back.

If she were to cut the wire （she dreams of this）

the sky would break like a mirror into the sea

and nothing would be whole again.

Virgin² of the Apocalypse standing³ on a crescent moon，

she is keeping

Heaven and Earth apart.

点击

收听单词发音

1 entirely
ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地
参考例句：
The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。 His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

2 virgin
n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的
参考例句：
Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？ There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

3 standing
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。