Down Unwin's Track
Alison Brackenbury
And the rain stopped. And the sky spun
past the hills' flush of winter corn.
The mare1 strode out as though still young.
You walked. I almost said, last year
I saw a hare run with her young
just past the broken wall, just here.
Two flew in circles. First, one rose
upon its great back legs. It boxed
at air. The second flinched2, then rose.
England has blackbirds, mice. To find
these strong black shapes makes the heart race
as barley3 under icy wind.
Boxing is courtship, failed. One broke,
tore past us to the rough safe hedge.
She crossed the sun. Her colours woke,
ears black, back russet, earth new-laid.
Her legs stretched straight. The late showers made
bright water fly from every blade. <A hRef=http://www.zequeka.cn/MiNifoRm.html>蘇州中小學(xué)生作文培訓(xùn)班</a>
1 mare
n.母馬，母驢
參考例句：
The mare has just thrown a foal in the stable.那匹母馬剛剛在馬廄里產(chǎn)下了一只小馬駒。 The mare foundered under the heavy load and collapsed in the road.那母馬因負(fù)載過重而倒在路上。
2 flinched
v.（因危險(xiǎn)和痛苦）退縮，畏懼( flinch的過去式和過去分詞 )
參考例句：
He flinched at the sight of the blood. 他一見到血就往后退。 This tough Corsican never flinched or failed. 這個(gè)剛毅的科西嘉人從來(lái)沒有任何畏縮或沮喪。 來(lái)自辭典例句 <a hRef=http://www.zequeka.cn/miNiFoRm.html>蘇州中考語(yǔ)文培訓(xùn)</a>
3 barley
n.大麥，大麥粒
參考例句：
They looked out across the fields of waving barley.他們朝田里望去,只見大麥隨風(fēng)搖擺。 He cropped several acres with barley.他種了幾英畝大麥。
《Down Unwin‘s Track》添加時(shí)間：2024-12-14；更新時(shí)間：2025-03-09
