摘要：The Radley Place jutted into a sharp curve beyond our house. Walking south, one faced its porch; the sidewalk turned and ran besid

The Radley Place jutted into a sharp curve beyond our house. Walking south, one faced its porch; the sidewalk turned and ran beside the lot. The house was low, was once white with a deep front porch and green shutters, but had long ago darkened to the color of the slate-gray yard around it. Rain-rotted shingles drooped over the eaves of the veranda; oak trees kept the sun away. The remains of a picket drunkenly guarded the front yard—a swept yard that was never swept—where johnson grass and rabbit-tobacco grew in abundance.

1. jutted into：突出伸进；插入。

The balcony jutted into the street.（阳台突出伸进街道。）

2. sharp curve：急转弯；尖锐的曲线。

The car slowed down when approaching the sharp curve.（汽车在接近急转弯处时减速了。）

3. porch：门廊；走廊。

They sat on the porch enjoying the evening breeze.（他们坐在门廊上享受着晚风。）

4. the lot：此处指房子旁边的一块地皮或区域。

The kids played in the lot next to the house.（孩子们在房子旁边的空地上玩耍。）

5. shutters：百叶窗。

She closed the shutters to keep out the sunlight.（她关上百叶窗以阻挡阳光。）

6. slate - gray yard：石板灰色的院子。“slate - gray”是石板灰色的意思。

The slate - gray yard looked very gloomy.（石板灰色的院子看起来很阴暗。）

7. Rain - rotted：被雨水腐蚀的；因雨而腐烂的。

The rain - rotted wood needed to be replaced.（被雨水腐蚀的木头需要更换。）

8. shingles：木瓦；屋顶板。

The shingles on the roof were damaged by the storm.（屋顶上的木瓦被暴风雨损坏了。）

9. eaves：屋檐。

There were some birds nesting under the eaves.（有一些鸟在屋檐下筑巢。）

10. veranda：走廊；游廊；阳台。

They had a cup of tea on the veranda.（他们在阳台上喝了杯茶。）

11. kept the sun away：遮挡阳光。

The big tree kept the sun away from the house.（大树为房子遮挡了阳光。）

12. picket drunkenly：这里“drunkenly”形容尖桩围栏东倒西歪的样子，仿佛醉了酒。“picket”指尖桩围栏。

The picket fence around the yard was in a drunken state.（院子周围的尖桩围栏歪歪扭扭的。）

13. guarded：守护；保卫。这里用了拟人的手法，形容尖桩围栏像在守护院子。

The dog guarded the house day and night.（狗日夜守护着房子。）

14. swept yard：打扫过的院子。文中说“a swept yard that was never swept”，是一种矛盾的表达，有特殊寓意。

The swept yard looked clean.（打扫过的院子看起来很干净。）

15. johnson grass：野茅，一种常见的野草。

The johnson grass grew everywhere in the field.（野茅在田野里到处生长。）

16. rabbit - tobacco：兔烟草，也是一种野草。

The rabbit - tobacco has small yellow flowers.（兔烟草开着小黄花。）

17. abundance：丰富；充裕。

There was an abundance of fruits in the orchard.（果园里有大量的水果。）

来源：东方红红色文化资讯