Mica Schist

时间：2007-04-19 01:54:55

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 by Anne Pierson Wiese

    St. Nicholas Park in Harlem is one of few spots

    on the island of Manhattan where you can stand

    on terraces of rock untouched since men

    with surveyor's tools stood on them

    to deliver the bad news， back in the last

    century but one： Gentlemen， here is a substance

    we cannot move.  So they built around，

    below and above， leaving this uneven1

    pleat of ground， rocks surfaced between the trees

    like whales in strips of sun， stunned2 to find themselves

    landlocked among buildings， illuminated3

    at night by lamp posts.   The old maples and oaks，

    roots plumbing the hill as humans could not，

    whisper of what's below： more rock-more rock-more rock


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1 uneven akwwb     
adj.不平坦的，不规则的，不均匀的
参考例句：
  • The sidewalk is very uneven—be careful where you walk.这人行道凹凸不平—走路时请小心。
  • The country was noted for its uneven distribution of land resources.这个国家以土地资源分布不均匀出名。
2 stunned 735ec6d53723be15b1737edd89183ec2     
adj. 震惊的，惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
  • The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
  • The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。
3 illuminated 98b351e9bc282af85e83e767e5ec76b8     
adj.被照明的；受启迪的
参考例句：
  • Floodlights illuminated the stadium. 泛光灯照亮了体育场。
  • the illuminated city at night 夜幕中万家灯火的城市

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