Baby-sitting
Gillian Clarke
I am sitting in a strange room listening
For the wrong baby. I don't love
This baby. She is sleeping a snuffly
Roseate, bubbling sleep; she is fair;
She is a perfectly1 acceptable child.
I am afraid of her. If she wakes
She will hate me. She will shout
Her hot midnight rage, her nose
Will stream disgustingly and the perfume
Of her breath will fail to enchant2 me.
To her I will represent absolute
Abandonment. For her it will be worse
Than for the lover cold in lonely
Sheets; worse than for the woman who waits
A moment to collect her dignity
Beside the bleached3 bone in the terminal ward4.
As she rises sobbing5 from the monstrous6 land
Stretching for milk-familiar comforting,
She will find me and between us two
It will not come. It will not come.
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1 perfectly
adv.完美地，無可非議地，徹底地
參考例句：
The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.證人們個個對自己所說的話十分肯定。 Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我們做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
2 enchant
vt.使陶醉，使入迷；使著魔，用妖術(shù)迷惑
參考例句：
The spectacle of the aurora may appear to dazzle and enchant the observer's eyes.極光的壯麗景色的出現(xiàn),會使觀察者為之眩目和迷惑。 Her paintings possess the power to enchant one if one is fortunate enough to see her work and hear her music.如果你有幸能欣賞她的作品，“聆聽”她的音樂，她的作品將深深地迷住你。 <a Href=http://www.zequeka.cn/minifoRm.html>蘇州作文輔導(dǎo)班</a>
3 bleached
漂白的，曬白的，顏色變淺的
參考例句：
His hair was bleached by the sun . 他的頭發(fā)被太陽曬得發(fā)白。 The sun has bleached her yellow skirt. 陽光把她的黃裙子曬得褪色了。
4 ward
n.守衛(wèi)，監(jiān)護，病房，行政區(qū)，由監(jiān)護人或法院保護的人（尤指兒童）；vt.守護，躲開
參考例句：
The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.這家醫(yī)院有內(nèi)科病房和外科病房。 During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐時，我要點根火把，抵擋蚊蟲。
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5 sobbing
<主方>Ⅰ adj.濕透的
參考例句：
I heard a child sobbing loudly. 我聽見有個孩子在嗚嗚地哭。 Her eyes were red with recent sobbing. 她的眼睛因剛哭過而發(fā)紅。
6 monstrous
adj.巨大的；恐怖的；可恥的，丟臉的
參考例句：
The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column.濃煙開始盤旋上升，形成了一個巨大的煙柱。 Your behaviour in class is monstrous!你在課堂上的行為真是丟人！
《Baby-sitting》添加時間：2024-12-14；更新時間：2025-03-09
