《茵梦湖》初学者示范英语学习法
Immensee 茵梦湖 (生词复制粘贴到“百度翻译”中，再将注解粘贴回原文中) 0ne afternoon in the late autumn a well-dressed穿着考究的;穿着入时的;穿得好的old man was walking slowly down the street. He appeared(appear显得, 似乎,看上去；留下…的印象) to似乎,好像be returning home from a walk散步, for his buckle-shoes ['b?kl] 用搭扣扣紧, which followed紧跟,追随a fashion ['f???n] 流行款式, 时尚款式long since(since之前，以前)从前,往昔,早就out of date(date时代, 年代)过时的；陈旧的；老式的；废弃的, were covered with dust. Under his arm he carried a long, gold-headed有…头的cane[kein] 竹杖；藤杖,拐杖;拐棍; his dark eyes, in which the whole of his long-lost遗失了很长时间的youth[ju:θ青春;朝气;年轻 seemed to have centred(centre使集中于), and which contrasted strangely [‘stre?nd?li] 奇怪地，异常地，不可思议地 with(contrast [k?n'tr?st] with与…截然不同，形成鲜明的对照)his snow-white hair, gazed(gaze) calmly [‘kɑ:mli] 平静地;冷静地on凝视the sights名胜；风景 around him or peered(peer) into凝视,窥视the town below as it lay(lie, lain) before展现在…的面前him, bathed(bathe[beie]) in沐浴在…中the haze [heiz] 薄雾,雾霭，烟雾of sunset ['s?nset] 日落(时分);傍晚;黄昏. He appeared to似乎,好像be almost a stranger外地人，异乡人,异客, for of the passers-by过路人，经过者only a few仅仅少数greeted(greet[gri:t] 问候, 同…打招呼;向…问好) him, although many a许多one involuntarily [in'v?l?nt?rili] 不由自主地; 本能地,不知不觉地, 无意识地was compelled (compel [k?m'pel] 迫使,使不得不) to迫不得已gaze into凝视，注视,端详those grave [greiv] 严肃的, 庄重的,冷峻
eyes.
At last he halted(halt [h?:lt]停住, 停止) before a high, gabled [‘ɡeibld] 有山形墙的,有人形墙的house, cast将（视线，目光）投向one more再一次glance[glɑ:ns] 一瞥, 瞥视 out toward the town, and then passed into进入 the hall. At the sound of应声 the door-bell some one in the room within drew(draw) aside拉到一边the green curtain from a small window that looked out on面朝 to the hall, and the face of an old woman was seen behind it. The man made a sign手势；示意动作to her with his cane [kein] 竹杖.
\还没点灯!\ ['slaitli] 稍微地，些许地southern [‘s?e?n] 南方的accent ['?ks?nt] 口音；腔调, and the housekeeper管家 let the curtain fall下垂 again.
The old man now passed through穿过the broad [br?:d] 宽阔的hall, through an inner ['in?] 内部的, 里面的hall, wherein [w??r'in] 其中, 在那里against the walls stood竖直放置huge oaken [‘?uk?n] 橡木制的chests箱子, 柜子 bearing(bear支撑；承受) porcelain ['p?:slin] 瓷器vases (vase[veis] 花瓶); then through the door opposite ['?p?zit] 对面的he entered a small lobby ['l?bi] 穿堂, from which a narrow staircase楼梯间led(lead) to通向 the upper rooms楼上的房间 at the back of在…后方the house. He climbed the stairs slowly, unlocked(unlock开…的锁 ) a door at the top, and landed in到达a room of medium ['mi:di?m] size中等尺寸.
It was a comfortable, quiet retreat [ri'tri:t] 隐居处；静居处,静养所 . One of the walls was lined (line) with与…相并列,与…相排列 cupboards橱柜;壁橱;衣柜;食物柜and bookcases; on the other hung(hang) pictures of men and places场所; on a table with
的、庄严的
a green cover台布lay(lie平放 ) a number of一些; 许多的open books, and before the table stood a massive ['m?siv] 大而重的，厚重的arm-chair扶手椅,靠椅with a red velvet ['velvit] 丝绒；立绒；天鹅绒cushion['ku??n] 软垫，垫子.
After the old man had placed放置 his hat and stick杖，棍，棒in a corner, he sat down in the arm-chair and, folding(fold [f?uld] 交叉，交叠) his hands, seemed to be taking his rest after his walk. While he sat thus, it was growing gradually ['gr?dju?li] 逐步地,渐渐地darker; and before long不久之后 a moonbeam ['mu:nbi:m] 月光came streaming(stream流，淌,照射 ) through the window- panes(pane[pein] 窗玻璃片) and upon the pictures on the wall; and as the bright band [b?nd] 带of light passed移动 slowly onward ['?nw?d] 向前 the old man followed it involuntarily [in'v?l?nt?rili] 不由自主地with his eyes.
Now it reached a little picture in a simple简易的black frame [freim] 框架. \ [i'liz?b?θ] 伊丽莎白!\轻柔地; and as he uttered(utter['?t?] 以口发出声音) the word, time had changed: he was young again. Before very long不久the dainty ['deinti] 秀丽玲珑的，优雅的,娇俏的form体型，身材 of a little maiden ['meidn] 少女advanced(advance [?d'vɑ:ns] 使向前移动) toward him. Her name was Elisabeth, and she might have been可能会five years old. He himself was twice [twais] 两倍that age. Round her neck she wore(wear) a red silk kerchief ['k?:t?if] 方头巾；方围巾which was very becoming适合；适宜；与…相称 to her brown [braun] 褐色的，棕色的eyes.
\莱因哈德!\ ['h?l?di]假期, a holiday! No school
不用上学the whole day and none根本不to-morrow either!\
Reinhard was carrying his slate [sleit] 石板(旧时用于学校的有木框架的石板写字板，功能等于今天的黑板)under his arm, but he flung(fling [fli?] 抛, 扔, 丢) it behind the front door, and then both the
children ran through the house into the garden and through the garden gate out贯穿into the meadow ['med?u] 草地，草场，牧场. The unexpected ['?nik'spektid] 出乎意料的；始料不及的holiday came to them at a most happily幸运地,巧合地opportune ['?p?tju:n] 恰当的，适宜的；及时的；适时的moment. It was in the meadow草地;牧场that Reinhard莱因哈德, with Elisabeth's help, had built a house out of用…材料sods[s?d] 草皮of grass. They meant [ment] (mean [mi:n] 意欲，打算) to live in it during the summer evenings; but it still wanted a bench长凳，长椅. He set to work开始工作，开始行动，着手工作at once; nails[neil] 钉子, hammer ['h?m?] 锤子，榔头, and the necessary ['nes?.s?ri] 必需的boards木板 were already to hand在手头;近在手边.
While he was thus engaged [in’ɡeid?d] 忙碌的, Elisabeth went along the dyke [daik] 堤坝, gathering采集the ring-shaped [?eipt]成某种形状的seeds of the wild mallow ['m?l?u] 锦葵in her apron ['eipr?n] 围裙, with带着 the object目标; 意向; 目的of(with the object of为了) making herself chains[t?ein] 链子；链条；锁链 and necklaces['neklis] 项链 out of用…材料them; so that 结果when Reinhard莱因哈德 had at last finished his bench in spite of不顾; 虽然,尽管,别看many a crookedly ['kruk?dli] 歪向一边地hammered击打，敲打 nail, and came out出来into the sunlight again, she was already wandering漫游，漫步，闲逛far away遥远at the other end of the meadow.
\飘动；飘扬 behind her.
\哎呀, you have got quite hot! Come in, and let us sit on the new bench. I will tell you a story.\
So they both went in and sat down on the new bench. Elisabeth took the little seed-rings out of (take out of取出)her apron and strung(string [stri?] 用线穿，串起) them on long threads [θred] 线; 细线. Reinhard began his tale传说，故事: \time从前 three spinning(spin [spin] 纺纱)- women...\脚注: The beginning of one of the best known of最著名的Grimm's fairy tales.)
\光, 完,完全by heart(know it off by heart了然于胸,熟记于心,背下来,熟知); you really must not always tell me the same story.\ Accordingly因此,于是Reinhard莱因哈德 had to give up放弃 the story of the three spinning- women and tell instead替代，顶替the story of the poor man who was cast [kɑ:st] 扔;抛;投;丢into the den [den] 兽窝, 兽穴of lions.
\every now and then有时， 时而， 不时 they would yawn [j?:n] 打呵欠in their sleep and shoot out突然伸出their red tongues(tongue [t??]舌头). And then the man would shudder ['??d?] 战栗，打颤，发抖and think it was morning. All at once突然a bright light强光fell(fall降落, 落下) all about him, and when he looked up an angel ['eind??l] 安琪儿,天使was standing before him. The