Essay · 美文
Bed in Summer
夏天的睡觉时间
苏格兰作家斯蒂文森《一个孩子的诗园》中最被传诵的小诗。冬天天还黑就要起床、点着蜡烛穿衣；夏天太阳还高高挂在天上就要去睡觉。听见鸟在树上跳、大人的脚步还在街上走过——"这难道不让人觉得不公平吗？" 一首用最简单的英文，写出每个孩子都能秒懂的小委屈。
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candlelight
/ˈkæn.dəl.laɪt/
n.
烛光（candle 蜡烛 + light 光，合成一个词）
She read by candlelight every evening.
quite
/kwaɪt/
adv.
完全地；十分地（quite the other way = 完全相反）
It is quite the other way in summer.
hopping
/ˈhɒp.ɪŋ/
v.
跳跃；蹦跳（hop 的现在分词；小鸟和兔子那种小跳）
The birds were hopping on the tree.
grown-up
/ˈɡroʊn.ʌp/
adj./n.
成年的；大人（grown 长大的 + up 起来）
Grown-up people were walking in the street.
past
/pæst/
prep.
经过；从…旁边走过
Their feet went past me in the street.
clear
/klɪər/
adj.
晴朗的；无云的
The sky was clear and blue.
seem
/siːm/
v.
看起来；显得（句型 "it seems hard to sb" = "对某人来说显得难/不公"）
Does it not seem hard to you?
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In winter I get up at night
冬天，我天还黑着就起床，
And dress by yellow candlelight.
在昏黄的烛光下穿衣裳。
In summer, quite the other way,
可一到夏天，全都反过来——
I have to go to bed by day.
我不得不在大白天去睡觉。
I have to go to bed and see
我不得不上床睡觉，眼看着
The birds still hopping on the tree,
小鸟还在树枝上跳来跳去，
Or hear the grown-up people's feet
还能听见大人们的脚步声，
Still going past me in the street.
还在窗外的街上来来往往。
And does it not seem hard to you,
你不觉得这有点不公平吗？
When all the sky is clear and blue,
当满天都是晴朗的蔚蓝，
And I should like so much to play,
当我还那么那么想出去玩，
To bed by day?
却要在大白天去睡觉？
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