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. <a hrEf=http://www.zequeka.cn/miniform.html>提分快的蘇州初中作文閱讀培訓(xùn)</a>
"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.臨時住宿，寄宿，寄存，容納；n.傳達室，小旅館
參考例句：
Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚過夜的地方嗎？ I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在這家小店住兩個晚上。
2 naught
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n.無，零 [=nought]
參考例句：
He sets at naught every convention of society.他輕視所有的社會習(xí)俗。 I hope that all your efforts won't go for naught.我希望你的努力不會毫無結(jié)果。
3 solitude
n. 孤獨; 獨居,荒僻之地,幽靜的地方
參考例句：
People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人們需要獨處的機會來反思精神上的事情。 They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他們尋找一個可以過隱居生活的地方。
4 abounding
adj.豐富的，大量的v.大量存在，充滿，富于( abound的現(xiàn)在分詞 ) <a hRef=http://www.zequeka.cn/miNifoRm.Html>蘇州初中語文補習(xí)</a>
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.那棵樹生長在峭壁的邊緣。 The two countries were poised on the brink of war.這兩個國家處于交戰(zhàn)的邊緣。
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,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.長聲尖叫，用長而尖銳的聲音說( squeal的現(xiàn)在分詞 )
參考例句：
Pigs were grunting and squealing in the yard. 豬在院子里哼哼地叫個不停。 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.受到攻擊時臭鼬會發(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：
We heard thunder growling in the distance. 我們聽見遠(yuǎn)處有隆隆雷聲。 The lay about the deck growling together in talk. 他們在甲板上到處游蕩，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. 我對如何烹調(diào)那些烏賊和龍蝦毫無概念。 She sold me a couple of live lobsters. 她賣了幾只活龍蝦給我。
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的過去式和過去分詞)
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。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》
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。
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會。
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.對于他們，錢是主要的需要。
18 maple
n.槭樹，楓樹，槭木
參考例句：
Maple sugar is made from the sap of maple trees.楓糖是由楓樹的樹液制成的。 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.約翰因為衣著講究而出名。
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