seemed to be timeless(what she represented would last forever).
12. The women might indulge themselves; gossip was at once the mark and compensation of their servitude.
On these special occasions, women might make loud and elaborate jokes and talk among themselves. Their gossip revealed their position as servants of men and also a reward for their servitude.
Translation: A. Phrases
1.a single knoll rises out of the plain 一座孤零零的小山丘矗立在平原上
2.popping up like corn to sting the flesh像爆米花一样冷不防的蹦起来叮人
3.to lose the sense of proportion 失去平时的比例感
4.a matter of disposition 出于本性，出于习惯
5.positively classified 被明确的规划
6.the object and symbol of their worship 他们崇拜的对象和标志
7.the top of the world 世界上最好的地方
8.the sense of confinement 禁锢之感
9.the boy was struck dumb 突然间男孩子变哑了
10.forbidden without cause 无缘无故地被禁止了
11.a lot of coming and going 许多人来来往往
12.made of lean and leather 瘦得皮包骨头
B. Sentences
1. All things in the plain are isolate; there is no confusion of object in the eyes, but one hill or one tree or one man.
平原上的所有东西都是孤立的?你的眼睛不会看到让你混淆不清的物体?只是一座山或者一棵树或又是一个人。
2. According to their origin myth, they entered the world through a hollow log.
依据他们起源的神话传说?他们是通过一根空心圆木来到这个世界上的。
3. But, beautiful as it is, one might have the sense of confinement there.
但是尽管它如此之美人们在那里仍然有禁锢之感。
4. The skyline in all directions is close at hand, the high wall of the woods and deep cleavages of shade.
四面八方的天际线近在伸手可及的地方?这天际线是树林周围的高墙和阴暗幽深的裂缝。
5. In July the inland slope of the Rockies is luxuriant with flax and buckwheat, stonecrop and larkspur.
七月?落基山脉内陆的斜坡上由于长满了亚麻、荞麦、景天和翠雀等植物而显得郁郁葱葱?枝繁叶茂。
6. Sweet clover takes hold of the hills and bends upon itself to cover and seal the soil.
苜蓿植物占据了所有山丘?当它们低垂的时候就会覆盖密封住土壤。
7. When the Kiowas came to the land of the Crows, they could see the dark lees of the hills at dawn across the Bighorn River, the profusion of light on the grain shelves, the oldest deity ranging after the solstices.
当克尔瓦人来到克罗人的土地时?他们可以隔着比格好恩河看到黎明中的山脉的背阴处?照在层层谷地上的充足的光线和在夏至后出现的最古老的神像。