The Kite Runner-美句摘抄及造句

《

The

Kite

Runner

》

追

风

< br>筝

的

人

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美句摘抄

1.

I can still see Hassan up on that tree, sunlight

flickering

through the leaves on his almost perfectly round face, a

face like a Chinese doll chiseled from hardwood: his flat,

broad

nose

and

slanting,

narrow

eyes

like

bamboo

leaves, eyes that looked, depending on the light, gold,

green

even sapphire

翻译：我依然能记得哈桑坐在树上的样子， 阳光穿过叶子，

照着他那浑圆的脸庞。他的脸很像木头刻成的中国娃娃，鼻

子大而扁平，双眼眯斜如同竹叶，在不同光线下会显现出金

色、绿色，甚至是 宝石蓝。

E.g.: A shadow of disquiet flickering over his face.

2.

Never

told

that

the

mirror,

like

shooting

walnuts

at

the

neighbor's dog, was always my idea.

翻译：从来不提镜子、用胡桃射狗其实都是我的鬼主意。

E.g.:

His secret died with him, for he never told

anyone.

3.

We would

sit across

from each other on a pair of high

branches,

our naked feet dangling,

our

trouser

pockets

filled with dried mulberries and walnuts.

翻译：在那高高的枝桠上，我们相对而坐，没穿鞋子的脚丫

晃来荡去，裤兜里满是桑椹干和胡桃。

E.g.:

Why are you emailing me when I sit across the

hall?

4.

If someone bragged that his son was a doctor,

chances

were

the

kid

had

once

passed

a

biology

test

in

high

school.

翻译：如 果有人吹嘘说他儿子是医生，很可能是那孩子曾经

在高中的生物学测验中考了个及格的分 数。

E.g.:

So the chances were he was a foreigner

.

5.

My

father

was

a

force

of

nature,

a

towering

Pashtun

specimen

with

a

thick

beard,

a

wayward

crop

of

curly

brown

hair

as

unruly

as

the

man

himself,

hands

that

looked

capable

of

uprooting a

willow

tree,

and

a

black

glare that would

mercy?

翻译：

爸爸是典型的普什图人，身材高大，孔武有力，留着

浓密的小胡子，卷曲的棕 色头发甚是好看，跟他本人一样不

羁；他双手强壮，似乎能将柳树连根拔起；并且，就像 拉辛

汗经常说的那样，黑色的眼珠一瞪，会

让魔鬼跪地求饶

。

E.g.:

The seniority system represents a force of habit

and is backward.

6.

Baba

paid

for

the

construction

of

the

two-story

orphanage,

just

off

the

main

strip

of

Jadeh

Maywand

south of the Kabul River, with his own money.

翻译：

恤孤院楼高两层，位于喀布尔河南岸， 在雅德梅湾大

道旁边，所耗资费均由父亲自己支付。

E.g.:

Yes, it's sharp pain but just off and on.

7.

If the story had been about anyone else, it would have

been

dismissed

as

that

Afghan

tendency

to

exaggerate

--sadly, almost a national affliction.

翻译：

如果这是 个关于别人的故事，肯定有人会斥之为笑话

奇谈。阿富汗人总喜欢将事物夸大，很不幸， 这几乎成了这

个民族的特性。

E.g.:

Bob has a tendency to exaggerate things.

8.

Kites

were

the

one

paper

thin

slice

of

intersection

between

those spheres.

翻译：风筝是我们之间薄如纸的交集。

E.g.:

A

thin

slice

of

meat,

usually

vealor

lamb,

cut

from the leg or ribs.

9.

Winter

to

me

was

the

end

of

long

division

and

naming

the

capital

of

Bulgaria,

and

the

start

of

three

months

of

playing

cards by the stove with Hassan, free Russian movies on Tuesday

mornings

at

Cinema

Park,

sweet

turnip

over

rice

for

lunch after a morning of building snowmen.

翻译：于我而言，冬天意味着那些复杂的除法题 目的结束，

也不用去背保加利亚的首都，可以开始一连三个月坐在火炉

< br>边跟哈桑玩扑克，星期二早晨去电影院公园看免费的俄罗斯

影片，早上堆个雪人之 后，午餐吃一顿甜芜青拌饭。

E.g.:

God Moves is the end of a journey and the start of a

pilgrimage

10. They

shut down

school for the icy season.

翻译：天寒地冻，学校就停课了。

E.g.:

I was in harness at the factory for over twenty years before

it shut down.

11.

I

step

out

of

the

house

early

in

the

morning,

still

in

my

pajamas, hugging my arms against the chill.

翻译：一大清早我穿着睡衣，走到屋子外面，双臂环抱抵御

严寒。

E.g.:

Black stepped out of the ranks when his name was called

12.

Afghans

cherish

custom

but

abhor rules.

翻译：阿富汗人尊重风俗，但讨厌规则。

E.g.:

All too often we observe some parents tend to pursue

their cherished but failed dream by forcing their children to

develop in a prearranged direction.

13.

T

he rules were simple: No rules.

Fly your kite

. Cut the opp

onents. Good luck.

翻译：规则很简单：放起你的风筝，割断对手的线，祝你好

运。

E.g.:

You should fly your kite against the wind.

14.

Except that wasn't all. The real fun began when a kite was

cut.

翻译：