Canticle for Native Brook1 Trout2
Todd Davis
Now we are all sitting here strangely
On top of the sunlight.
—JAMES WRIGHT
Fishing the narrow stream
of light, we follow a seam
between hemlock3 and sweating
rhododendron, tulip poplar
and white oak that grow
more than a hundred feet tall.
The small fish that have been here
for thousands of years
lay in on flat rock that lines
the streambed, or hide beneath
the shelves where water
pours over fallen trees.
They are nearly invisible,
backs colored like the stone
in the pool where they were born
and where they will die
after giving birth to their own.
The drift of our flies <a hRef=http://www.zequeka.cn/miNiform.html>蘇州作文培訓(xùn)</a>
tempts them, and through
the glass surface we see
their jaws4 part, predatory
surge ending with a struggle
to be freed from the end
of our lines. Their lives
depend upon the coldness
of water, upon our desire
to touch their bodies,
to marvel5 at the skin
along their spines6: the tan
worm-shaped ovals,
the smallest red circles,
the splash of yellow
and orange that washes
around their bellies
as we release them
and they swim
from our grasp
back into a sliver
of sunlight.
1 brook
n.小河，溪；v.忍受，容讓
參考例句：
In our room we could hear the murmur of a distant brook.在我們房間能聽到遠(yuǎn)處小溪汩汩的流水聲。 The brook trickled through the valley.小溪涓涓流過峽谷。
<A hRef=http://www.zequeka.cn/MiNifoRm.html>蘇州作文培訓(xùn)班</a>
2 trout
n.鱒魚；鮭魚(屬)
參考例句：
Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollution.成千上萬的鮭魚和鱒魚的魚苗因污染而死亡。 We hooked a trout and had it for breakfast.我們釣了一條鱒魚，早飯時(shí)吃了。
3 hemlock
n.毒胡蘿卜，鐵杉
參考例句：
He was condemned to drink a cup of hemlock.判處他喝一杯毒汁。 Here is a beech by the side of a hemlock,with three pines at hand.這兒有株山毛櫸和一株鐵杉長在一起，旁邊還有三株松樹。
4 jaws <a hRef=http://www.zequeka.cn/miNiFoRm.html>蘇州中考語文培訓(xùn)哪里好</a>
n.口部；嘴
參考例句：
The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊無法從鱷魚張開的大口中逃脫。 The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 臺鉗上有刻痕的虎鉗牙幫助它緊咬住工件。
5 marvel
vi.(at)驚嘆vt.感到驚異；n.令人驚異的事
參考例句：
The robot is a marvel of modern engineering.機(jī)器人是現(xiàn)代工程技術(shù)的奇跡。 The operation was a marvel of medical skill.這次手術(shù)是醫(yī)術(shù)上的一個(gè)奇跡。
6 spines
n.脊柱( spine的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；脊椎；（動植物的）刺；書脊
參考例句：
Porcupines use their spines to protect themselves. 豪豬用身上的刺毛來自衛(wèi)。 The cactus has spines. 仙人掌有刺。 來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
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