The House with a Golden Window

Posted 2021-05-02 一颗榴莲酥

努力才能去往更遥远的地方

 

 

马尔代夫随想

孩子在湖中溅起涟漪

大人也跟着凑热闹

野鸭嘶鸣着走远了去

阳光还洒着

柳树在风中投下倒影浪漫

我看着你的天空

今天多云见晴

马尔代夫的草结了果

阳光调制20度正好

爱乐之城的梦还在摇滚

一只蚂蚁在椅子上睡着了

2016.3.15

 

 

 

英语 来自一颗榴莲酥 00:00 03:18

                                  The House with a Golden Window

In the bowels of a mountain of frontier zone, a little boy lived in crude house, which could only accommodate five people of his household. There was not any railroad, freeway, highway or even a pub (an inn) around the mountain. His ancestors and he were the exclusive inhabitants on the mountain for several centuries.

As he was 6 years old, he could see a wonderful house across the valley on a higher altitude of the opposite mountain, which had a golden window. He fancied that the emperor, prince and princess in fable must have been living in that king of palace. Sometimes, in order to assure himself that it was an authentic house, the innocent boy often stared at it, with exceeding thirst for living in it.

6 years later, the little boy believed that he had acquired plentiful knowledge and skills to dominate his life. Accordingly, he made a farewell to his grandmother and parents, and flung himself to the expedition with a manual kit, which was made of the fabric that was weaved by his mother. There was a coil of nylon cord, a saw and other implements in it.
In spite of the hindrance of the muddy and slippery slope, for impulse of his keen desire, he probed the road through thorns with a stick, and proceeded towards the house consistently.

As he mounted the summit, he focused on the trail that led to the house and then on it. It seemed to appear an abnormal phenomenon----the house vanished weirdly and was replaced by an ugly and shabby house, which was comparable with his little house in every inch, and its windows were plain and rather dirty.
After opening the door, he found that the house was an obsolete mill in a state of disorder. In the center of the house, the tools which could grind wheat into flour were covered with thick dust and the trace of mice, a rude donkey saddle and some stained sacks lying nearby it. In one corner, a primitive rack was full of cracks, a spider was spinning web on it, and some fragments of mat were underneath it. In another corner, there was a stack of straw in mess, a rusted spade and a leaky barrel.

The little boy was extremely disappointed. When he was ready to leave, he detected a sight which amazed him----there was his little house across the valley on the lower mountain and its window was shining with golden color identically----as the midday daylight (sunshine) was shinning on the glass of its window…
This story gives us a hint (cue) that we shouldn't be blind to the welfare in our real life. What we need is to adjust and convert our ritual notions (concepts), to find and enjoy the happiness that belongs to us.

四级词汇

assure vt.使确信；向…保证

astonish vt.使惊讶，使吃惊

astronaut n.宇宙航行员，宇航员

athlete n.运动员；田径运动员

Atlantic a.大西洋的 n.大西洋

atmosphere n.大气；空气；气氛

atmospheric a.大气的；大气层的

atom n.原子；微粒；微量

atomic a.原子的；原子能的

attach vt.缚，系，贴；附加

attack vt.&vi.&n.攻击，进攻

attain vt.达到，获得，完成

attempt vt.尝试，试图 n.企图

attend vt.出席；照顾，护理

attention n.注意，留心；注意力

attentive a.注意的；有礼貌的

attitude n.态度，看法；姿势

attract vt.吸引；引起，诱惑

attraction n.吸引；吸引力；引力

attractive a.有吸引力的

attribute vt.把…归因于 n.属性

audience n.听众，观众，读者

August n.八月

aural a.耳的，听觉的

Australia n.澳大利亚

Australian a.澳大利亚的

author n.作者，作家

authority n.当局，官方；权力

auto n.(口语)汽车

automatic a.自动的；机械的

automation n.自动，自动化

automobile n.汽车，机动车

auxiliary a.辅助的；附属的

available a.可利用的；通用的

avenue n.林荫道，道路；大街

average n.平均数 a.平均的

aviation n.航空，航空学

avoid vt.避免，躲开；撤消

await vt.等候，期待

awake a.醒着的 vt.唤醒

award n.奖，奖品；判定

aware a.知道的，意识到的

awful a.令人不愉快的

awfully ad.令人畏惧的；很

awkward a.笨拙的；尴尬的

ax n.斧子

axis n.轴，轴线；中心线

bacteria n.细菌

badminton n.羽毛球

baggage n.行李

bake vt.烤，烘，焙；烧硬

balance vt.使平衡；称 n.天平

band n.乐队；带；波段

bang n.巨响，枪声；猛击

banner n.旗，旗帜，横幅

bar n.酒吧间；条，杆；栅

barber n.理发师

bare a.赤裸的；仅仅的

bargain n.交易 vi.议价；成交

bark n.吠叫声 vi.吠，叫

barn n.谷仓；牲口棚

barrel n.桶；圆筒；枪管

barrier n.栅栏，屏障；障碍

basic a.基本的，基础的

basically ad.基本上

basin n.盆，洗脸盆；盆地

basis n.基础，根据

bat n.球拍；短棍；蝙蝠

bath n.浴，洗澡；浴缸

bathe vt.给…洗澡；弄湿

bathroom n.浴室；盥洗室

battery n.电池；一套，一组

battle n.战役；斗争 vi.作战

bay n.湾；山脉中的凹处

B.C. (缩)公元前

beach n.海滩，湖滩，河滩

beam n.梁；横梁；束，柱

bean n.豆，蚕豆

bear n.熊；粗鲁的人

bear vt.容忍；负担；生育

beard n.胡须，络腮胡子

beast n.兽，野兽；牲畜

beat vt.&vi.打，敲；打败

beautiful a.美的，美丽的

beef n.牛肉；菜牛

beg vt.&vi.乞求；请求

beggar n.乞丐，穷人

behalf n.利益，维护，支持

behave vi.表现，举止；运转

behavior n.行为，举止，态度

being n.存在；生物；生命

belief n.信任，相信；信念

 

apparent a.表面上的；明显的

appeal vi.&n.呼吁；申述

appear vi.出现；来到；似乎

appearance n.出现，来到；外观

appetite n.食欲，胃口；欲望

appliance n.用具，器具，器械

applicable a.能应用的；适当的

application n.请求，申请；施用

apply vt.应用，实施，使用

appoint vt.任命，委任；约定

appointment n.任命；约定，约会

appreciate vt.欣赏；领会；感谢

approach vt.向…靠近 n.靠近

appropriate a.适当的，恰当的

approval n.赞成，同意；批准

approve vt.赞成，称许；批准

approximately ad.近似地，大约

Arabian a.阿拉伯的

arbitrary a.随心所欲的；专断的

architecture n.建筑学；建筑式样

argument n.争论，辩论；理由

arise vi.出现；由…引起

arithmetic n.算术，四则运算

arouse vt.引起，唤起；唤醒

arrangement n.整理，排列；安排

arrest vt.逮捕，拘留；阻止

arrival n.到达；到来；到达者

arrive vi.到达；来临；达到

arrow n.箭；箭状物

artificial a.人工的；娇揉造作的

artist n.艺术家，美术家

artistic a.艺术的；艺术家的

ash n.灰，灰末；骨灰

ashamed a.惭愧(的)；羞耻(的)

asleep a.睡着的，睡熟的

aspect n.方面；样子，外表

assemble vt.集合，召集；装配

assembly n.集合；集会；装配

assess vt.对(财产等)估价

assign vt.指派；分配；指定

assignment n.任务，指定的作业

assist vt.援助，帮助；搀扶

assistant n.助手，助理；助教

associate vi.交往 n.伙伴，同事

association n.协会，团体；联合

assume vt.假定；承担；呈现

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