英语六级晨读美文100篇:Two Views of the River(43)
<p> <span word="Now">Now</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="mastered">mastered</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="water">water</span>,</p><p> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="trifling">trifling</span> <span word="feature">feature</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="bordered">bordered</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="river">river</span></p><p> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="familiarly">familiarly</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="letters">letters</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="alphabet">alphabet</span>,</p><p> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="valuable">valuable</span> <span word="acquisition">acquisition</span>.</p><p> <span word="But">But</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="something">something</span>, <span word="too">too</span>.</p><p> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="restored">restored</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="lived">lived</span>.</p><p> <span word="All">All</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="grace">grace</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beauty">beauty</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="poetry">poetry</span>, <span word="had">had</span> <span word="gone">gone</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="majestic">majestic</span> <span word="river">river</span>!</p><p> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="kept">kept</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="mind">mind</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="certain">certain</span> <span word="wonderful">wonderful</span> <span word="sunset">sunset</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="witnessed">witnessed</span></p><p> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="steamboating">steamboating</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="me">me</span>.</p><p> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="broad">broad</span> <span word="expanse">expanse</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="river">river</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="blood">blood</span>;</p><p> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="middle">middle</span> <span word="distance">distance</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="red">red</span> <span word="hue">hue</span> <span word="brightened">brightened</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="gold">gold</span>,</p><p> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="solitary">solitary</span> <span word="log">log</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="floating">floating</span>, <span word="black">black</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="conspicuous">conspicuous</span>;</p><p> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="place">place</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="slanting">slanting</span> <span word="mark">mark</span> <span word="lay">lay</span> <span word="sparkling">sparkling</span> <span word="upon">upon</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="water">water</span>;</p><p> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="surface">surface</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="broken">broken</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="boiling">boiling</span>, <span word="tumbling">tumbling</span> <span word="rings">rings</span>,</p><p> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="many">many</span>-<span word="tinted">tinted</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="opal">opal</span>;</p><p> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ruddy">ruddy</span> <span word="flush">flush</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="faintest">faintest</span>,</p><p> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="smooth">smooth</span> <span word="spot">spot</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="covered">covered</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="graceful">graceful</span> <span word="circles">circles</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="radiating">radiating</span> <span word="lines">lines</span>,</p><p> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="delicately">delicately</span> <span word="traced">traced</span>;</p><p> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shore">shore</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="densely">densely</span> <span word="wooded">wooded</span>,</p><p> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="somber">somber</span> <span word="shadow">shadow</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="fell">fell</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="forest">forest</span></p><p> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="broken">broken</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="long">long</span>, <span word="ruffled">ruffled</span> <span word="trail">trail</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="shone">shone</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="silver">silver</span>;</p>
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