The Unexpected
Thomas McCarthy
Early April suddenly ablaze1 and unexpected pear blossom
As rampant2 as de Chardin's sudden forms of life, as
Delicate as the lacquer-work left over from a raid
Of winter that scattered3 so many things since autumn -
You could hardly fathom4 what April brought in on the breeze,
What organic matter-of-fact things, what an impolite cascade5
Of broken crockery in pink and green. It”s like that election
Heard in the distance, beyond the fat privet hedge,
An election that has set the traffic lights on edge
And caused this collision of ideas. From our quiet section
I can hear anxieties rolling in. But are these not the same as last
Time? Is she not the same? And he, is he not like a gardener
Gone berserk, flat cap askew6, trying to make regular
What swarms7; life itself, that is, now swarming8 on the grass?
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1 ablaze
adj.著火的，燃燒的；閃耀的，燈火輝煌的
參考例句：
The main street was ablaze with lights in the evening.晚上，那條主要街道燈火輝煌。 Forests are sometimes set ablaze by lightning.森林有時因雷擊而起火。
2 rampant
adj.(植物)蔓生的；狂暴的，無約束的
參考例句：
Sickness was rampant in the area.該地區(qū)疾病蔓延。 You cannot allow children to rampant through the museum.你不能任由小孩子在博物館里亂跑。 中小學(xué)生語文題庫，中小學(xué)學(xué)生語文試卷，就來<A http://www.zequeka.cn/yuweNtiku/>易優(yōu)語文題庫</a>。
3 scattered
adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的
參考例句：
Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散亂的文件收拾起來，塞進(jìn)文件夾里。
4 fathom
v.領(lǐng)悟，徹底了解
參考例句：
I really couldn't fathom what he was talking about.我真搞不懂他在說些什么。 What these people hoped to achieve is hard to fathom.這些人希望實(shí)現(xiàn)些什么目標(biāo)難以揣測。
5 cascade
n.小瀑布，噴流；層疊；vi.成瀑布落下
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參考例句：
She watched the magnificent waterfall cascade down the mountainside.她看著壯觀的瀑布從山坡上傾瀉而下。 Her hair fell over her shoulders in a cascade of curls.她的卷發(fā)像瀑布一樣垂在肩上。
6 askew
adv.斜地；adj.歪斜的
參考例句：
His glasses had been knocked askew by the blow.他的眼鏡一下子被打歪了。 Her hat was slightly askew.她的帽子戴得有點(diǎn)斜。
7 swarms
蜂群，一大群( swarm的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )
參考例句：
They came to town in swarms. 他們蜂擁來到城里。 On June the first there were swarms of children playing in the park. 6月1日那一天，這個公園里有一群群的孩子玩耍。
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8 swarming
密集( swarm的現(xiàn)在分詞 )； 云集； 成群地移動； 蜜蜂或其他飛行昆蟲成群地飛來飛去
參考例句：
The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里長滿了蟲子。 The beach is swarming with bathers. 海灘滿是海水浴的人
