There were three of them. There were four of us, and April lay on the campsite and on the river, a mixture of dawn at a damp extreme and the sun in the leaves at cajole. This was Deer Lodge1 on the Pine River in Ossipee, New Hampshire, though the lodge was naught2 but a foundation remnant in the earth. Brother Bentley's father, Oren, had found this place sometime after the First World War, a foreign affair that had seriously done him no good but he found solitude3 abounding4 here. Now we were here, post World War II, post Korean War, Vietnam War on the brink5. So much learned, so much yet to learn.
Peace then was everywhere about us, in the riot of young leaves, in the spree of bird confusion and chatter6, in the struggle of pre-dawn animals for the start of a new day, a Cooper Hawk7 that had smashed down through trees for a squealing8 rabbit, yap of a fox at a youngster, a skunk9 at rooting.
We had pitched camp in the near darkness, Ed LeBlanc, Brother Bentley, Walter Ruszkowski, myself. A dozen or more years we had been here, and seen no one. Now, into our campsite deep in the forest, so deep that at times we had to rebuild sections of narrow road (more a logger's path) flushed out by earlier rains, deep enough where we thought we'd again have no traffic, came a growling10 engine, an old solid body van, a Chevy, the kind I had driven for Frankie Pike and the Lobster11 Pound in Lynn delivering lobsters12 throughout the Merrimack Valley. It had pre-WW II high fenders, a faded black paint on a body you'd swear had been hammered out of corrugated13 steel, and an engine that made sounds too angry and too early for the start of day. Two elderly men, we supposed in their seventies, sat the front seat; felt hats at the slouch and decorated with an assortment14 of tied flies like a miniature bandoleer of ammunition15 on the band. They could have been conscripts for Emilano Zappata, so loaded their hats and their vests as they climbed out of the truck. 蘇州易優(yōu)語(yǔ)文閱讀寫(xiě)作培訓(xùn)，家長(zhǎng)信賴，學(xué)生喜歡。 http://www.zequeka.cn
"Mornin', been yet?" one of them said as he pulled his boots up from the folds at his knees, the tops of them as wide as a big mouth bass16 coming up from the bottom for a frog sitting on a lily pad. His hands were large, the fingers long and I could picture them in a shop barn working a primal17 plane across the face of a maple18 board. Custom-made, old elegance19, those hands said.
1 lodge
v.臨時(shí)住宿，寄宿，寄存，容納；n.傳達(dá)室，小旅館
參考例句：
Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚過(guò)夜的地方嗎？ I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在這家小店住兩個(gè)晚上。
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2 naught
n.無(wú)，零 [=nought]
參考例句：
He sets at naught every convention of society.他輕視所有的社會(huì)習(xí)俗。 I hope that all your efforts won't go for naught.我希望你的努力不會(huì)毫無(wú)結(jié)果。
3 solitude
n. 孤獨(dú); 獨(dú)居,荒僻之地,幽靜的地方
參考例句：
People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人們需要獨(dú)處的機(jī)會(huì)來(lái)反思精神上的事情。 They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他們尋找一個(gè)可以過(guò)隱居生活的地方。
4 abounding 小學(xué)生語(yǔ)文培訓(xùn)，蘇州易優(yōu)閱讀寫(xiě)作同步提升</a>
adj.豐富的，大量的v.大量存在，充滿，富于( abound的現(xiàn)在分詞 )
參考例句：
Ahead lay the scalloped ocean and the abounding blessed isles. 再往前是水波蕩漾的海洋和星羅棋布的寶島。 來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 蓋茨比 The metallic curve of his sheep-crook shone silver-bright in the same abounding rays. 他那彎柄牧羊杖上的金屬曲線也在這一片熾盛的火光下閃著銀亮的光。 來(lái)自辭典例句
5 brink
n.(懸崖、河流等的)邊緣，邊沿
參考例句：
The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵樹(shù)生長(zhǎng)在峭壁的邊緣。 The two countries were poised on the brink of war.這兩個(gè)國(guó)家處于交戰(zhàn)的邊緣。
“易優(yōu)閱讀寶”，中小學(xué)生語(yǔ)文題庫(kù)，語(yǔ)文成績(jī)提升就是快。
6 chatter
vi.／n.喋喋不休；短促尖叫；(牙齒)打戰(zhàn)
參考例句：
Her continuous chatter vexes me.她的喋喋不休使我煩透了。 I've had enough of their continual chatter.我已厭煩了他們喋喋不休的閑談。
7 hawk
n.鷹，騙子；鷹派成員
參考例句：
The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.鷹猛地朝兔子撲下來(lái),并把它殺死。 The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.老鷹叼了小雞就飛走了。
8 squealing
v.長(zhǎng)聲尖叫，用長(zhǎng)而尖銳的聲音說(shuō)( squeal的現(xiàn)在分詞 ) 蘇州吳中區(qū)小學(xué)生作文培訓(xùn)，就來(lái)易優(yōu)悅讀
參考例句：
Pigs were grunting and squealing in the yard. 豬在院子里哼哼地叫個(gè)不停。 The pigs were squealing. 豬尖叫著。
9 skunk
n.臭鼬，黃鼠狼；v.使慘敗，使得零分；爛醉如泥
參考例句：
That was a rotten thing to do, you skunk!那種事做得太缺德了，你這卑鄙的家伙！ The skunk gives off an unpleasant smell when attacked.受到攻擊時(shí)臭鼬會(huì)發(fā)出一種難聞的氣味。
10 growling
n.吠聲, 咆哮聲 v.怒吠, 咆哮, 吼
參考例句：
“易優(yōu)閱讀寶”，中小學(xué)生語(yǔ)文題庫(kù)，語(yǔ)文成績(jī)提升就是快。
We heard thunder growling in the distance. 我們聽(tīng)見(jiàn)遠(yuǎn)處有隆隆雷聲。 The lay about the deck growling together in talk. 他們?cè)诩装迳系教幱问?，聚集在一起發(fā)牢騷。
11 lobster
n.龍蝦，龍蝦肉
參考例句：
The lobster is a shellfish.龍蝦是水生貝殼動(dòng)物 。 I like lobster but it does not like me.我喜歡吃龍蝦，但它不適宜于我的健康。
12 lobsters
龍蝦( lobster的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )； 龍蝦肉
參考例句：
I have no idea about how to prepare those cuttlefish and lobsters. 我對(duì)如何烹調(diào)那些烏賊和龍蝦毫無(wú)概念。 She sold me a couple of live lobsters. 她賣了幾只活龍蝦給我。 語(yǔ)文提分好幫手，易優(yōu)語(yǔ)文題庫(kù) https://cs.euzW.net
13 corrugated
adj.波紋的；縮成皺紋的；波紋面的；波紋狀的v.（使某物）起皺褶(corrugate的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞)
參考例句：
a corrugated iron roof 波紋鐵屋頂 His brow corrugated with the effort of thinking. 他皺著眉頭用心地思考。 來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
14 assortment
n.分類，各色俱備之物，聚集
參考例句：
This shop has a good assortment of goods to choose from.該店各色貨物俱全，任君選擇。 She was wearing an odd assortment of clothes.她穿著奇裝異服。
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15 ammunition
n.軍火，彈藥
參考例句：
A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.幾輛吉普車上的彈藥已經(jīng)用光了。 They have expended all their ammunition.他們把彈藥用光。
16 bass
n.男低音(歌手)；低音樂(lè)器；低音大提琴
參考例句：
He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一種低得出奇的聲音回答我的問(wèn)題。 The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家將在公園中舉行音樂(lè)會(huì)。
17 primal
adj.原始的；最重要的
參考例句：
Jealousy is a primal emotion.嫉妒是最原始的情感。 Money was a primal necessity to them.對(duì)于他們，錢是主要的需要。
18 maple
n.槭樹(shù)，楓樹(shù)，槭木
參考例句：
Maple sugar is made from the sap of maple trees.楓糖是由楓樹(shù)的樹(shù)液制成的。 The maple leaves are tinge with autumn red.楓葉染上了秋天的紅色。
19 elegance
n.優(yōu)雅；優(yōu)美，雅致；精致，巧妙
參考例句：
The furnishings in the room imparted an air of elegance.這個(gè)房間的家具帶給這房間一種優(yōu)雅的氣氛。 John has been known for his sartorial elegance.約翰因?yàn)橐轮v究而出名
